Hi Gordon, I have yet to set a desktop machine up with X, (looking for a new HDD and machine lol, as protel has forced me to remain with win 2k on my current machine) I will try over Christmas to give the ports in the cad area a run :o)
Regards, Kat. ____________________________________________________________________________ /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | K.A.Q. Electronics \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | Software and Electronic Engineering X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Perth Western Australia / \ | Ph +61 419 923 731 ____________________________________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Price" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, December 07, 2001 1:48 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Altium Total Support Brochure > Kathy, > You said the magic words "FREE BSD"! My eyes just opened up wide. I > have 3 Free BSD servers up and running at home, and 2 at work. Do you use > FREE BSD with any CAD packages for EE and if so which/what??? > > > Thanks, > R. Gordon Price > Director of Research Engineering > Loronix Information Systems, Inc, > Del Mar CA > (858) 523-9424 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kathy Quinlan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 4:23 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Altium Total Support Brochure > > > Hi all, > > I have been thinking about the support issue, and we can fix it :o) > > All we need to do is download the demo, install it and phone when we get the > same problem as our legal copy, only good till they bring a new version out > that is above the one we are using. In a recent case I had, Protel 98 (My > legal copy) worked fine, I ran the Protel 99SE demo and could not print, so > I phoned Protel here in Au. Ofcourse they are going to help, and free of > charge too, THEY want to sell me an upgrade :o) (only reason I have not > upgraded is I do not want another wintel version I want to move to FreeBSD > ............./me mutters) No one will buy an upgrade if the demo is broken > or does not work, no matter what the fault is. So Protel will still provide > FREE tech support on the latest release. > > BTW I think as an organization Protel have shot themselves in the foot. They > have missed a great way of making money and making the testing phase shorter > and easier. We are a fairly diverse range of EE's etc, I am sure most of us > would beta test the software in exchange for a reduced upgrade fee, so they > miss out on some money as we are getting a cheap version, but atleast they > get to try and release a version with less bugs in it (although I seriously > think every new release has more bugs in it :o( > > Regards, > > Kat. > > ____________________________________________________________________________ > /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | K.A.Q. Electronics > \ / - NO HTML/RTF in e-mail | Software and Electronic Engineering > X - NO Word docs in e-mail | Perth Western Australia > / \ | Ph +61 419 923 731 > ____________________________________________________________________________ > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bagotronix Tech Support" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 06, 2001 4:51 AM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Altium Total Support Brochure > > > > IMO: > > > > I think that free support should be maintained for old products forever, > as > > long as there is no cost associated with maintaining that free support. > > > > "No cost support" is possible. It consists of downloadable service packs > > for the software, FAQs, bug lists, and workarounds, all on the company's > > website. I understand that they cannot offer free telephone or e-mail > > support forever, but website support they can. > > > > Such a website doesn't even require maintenance, except to occasionally > add > > support for stuff that has just been discontinued. > > > > Best regards, > > Ivan Baggett > > Bagotronix Inc. > > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Brian Guralnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 3:13 PM > > Subject: [PEDA] Altium Total Support Brochure > > > > > > > Just received the Altium Total Support, get 12 months ATS membership > > for free > > > brochure. It is funny that other than phoning or web emailing for help, > > they don't > > > exactly define the extent of what total support is. > > > Usually when I purchase any software, or hardware, from any other > > vendor, I can > > > get support for free almost indefinitely without having to renew some > sort > > of > > > membership. > > > Is Altium saying, that after a year, if I don't renew the > > subscription, & I get > > > stuck with an issue with Protel, they will not answer my calls? > > > ____________ > > > Brian Guralnick > > > > > > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
