At 04:36 PM 11/9/01 -0500, Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: >What a huge mass of confusion this ATS nonsense has caused.
Yes, the announcement was *very* badly done. The Press Release was directly contradicted by USA Protel sales. I'd suggest that Altium *communicate* -- this means back and forth -- with the users about plans *before* making a full public announcements. There would be no harm in making an announcement here on this list a couple of days before it goes out to everyone and his brother. Altium could say, "we are thinking of doing this" -- i.e., they have decided to do it but before it is 100% final they want to see what we think -- and then any misgivings or questions that we have could be *answered*, not only here, but then in the press release and major announcement. We *express* our displeasure, most users won't. They will just have one more reason to go somewhere else for CAD software. Too much of that, it could really hurt. It *has* hurt. There is *still* chaos, the resale market for 99SE is in confusion; if someone buys a second-hand SE license now, will they have to pay another $2000 to get the next version? We had been thinking it would be about $1000. So suddenly, from the announcement, the resale price -- which Altium sales has been trying to increase, at least by asking me -- informally -- to work to that end -- drops $1000, from about $6000 to $5000. We had all this discussion here, and not a peep from any Protel rep. Sure, we are used to relative silence from them, but generally when we go too far off into the ozone, Protel CSC has popped in with corrections. This time, nothing. Sometimes I wonder if the Altium sales people are professionals.... They seem intelligent enough when I talk to them. But something is wacky about the situation. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Abdulrahman Lomax Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
