>> > > That is assuming it works as advertised. With Altium's history of > delivering vaporware..... > > Hamid
So far AD6 appears to be well beyond 99SE SP5 was when it was released, that is, it is looking like a reasonably mature product. Big, nebulous, bugs here & there ( like anything else these days unfortunately ;-) but overall quite a pleasure to use. So far... The transition is being assisted by what is going to become a very comprehensive set of finely targeted videos. There has been a large amount of tuning by users/beta testers over the last year and many of our requests made it into the release, some didn't and are still being promised or discussed. The last year has in my opinion has been the best ever for interaction between the development teams and the users, the result shows it. With the incremental online service pack feature it is expected that there will be a continuous process of fine tuning via small patches as there is a very active ongoing dialogue between the developers and the testers. Having said this I am also aware of the shivers every time I allow Xp to install patches, ultimately the choice is still yours to allow AD6 to install the patch or not. After using their product since the late eighties this one is probably the max for the "gee that's cool" factor ;-) Hopefully, in the spirit Dennis' of statement, this translates into a smooth path between customer spec and food on the table. As with many others on the list I find that the usability issue is critical as PCB design is one aspect of a product. We don't get to spend all day with the one program, there is also the firmware development system(s), the Mech CAD system, accounts etc etc. As a consequence it is important to have access to user friendly interfaces to minimise the dog-eared manual syndrome. Have a good one Don ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[email protected] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
