That's as may be, but why close it off to begin with ? It was fine before -
people who were interested would simply register on the site, and there you
go. Now it looks like you have to have a valid license for DXP, DXP2004 or
Altium Designer before you can join.
There's no indication that one can "request" access. Why should that be
anyway, if it's going to be granted ? This is a rarified enough industry
that one really doesn't have to quasi-exclude others, elitism or no.
Basically, it just rubs me the wrong way. That is, having had an open
access model, to a now seemingly closed one (even though all it takes is an
email ...)
We're not primarily a Protel shop, but do have a few clients who use it, so
we've kept a license around. I occasionally (or rather, used to) drop into
the DXP forum to keep up on what the issues are, how it's going and so on.
Last time it didn't take my id/password, and registering asked for a DXP
license ... Felt like a stick going down the throat sideways ...
As I recall, while a lot of posts are problems/questions that people have,
there was an awful lot of helpful advice in there. No reason to keep it
bottled up - allow more people in to "watch things develop" and maybe you'll
get a few more converts.
--
Dean Carpenter
deano at areyes com
94TT :)
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2005 9:08 AM
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Altium Community Forums
In a message dated 2005-06-24 12:56:40 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
So much for us non-upgraded 99SE types to be able to see what's going on
with the new stuff ... Used to be able to read, and even post. Now we
can't even read until we've blown the $$$.
Actually they let me stay subscribed to the AD (was DXP) list just for
asking. I still want to monitor that to see if or when it might be
worthwhile to
upgrade. The new setup is harder to respond to, though - instead of just
hitting
reply (like here, and their old list as well), you have to jump thru some
hoops into their website. Seems like a common thread. Ah well....
Steve Hendrix
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