Igor Gmitrovic wrote: > Don, > > for the same reasons I see Protel (ie Altium) starting to lose thier user base. With >the ATS useless and increase in prices people will start looking elsewhere. How could >they explain charging us for the ATS and then they claim to stop support for the >P99SE. What do they want us to pay them for? What bugs have they fixed so far, does >anyone know? Have they fixed schematic annotation? I wonder if Mr. Protel (excuse' >moa, Altium) knows what's happening in the field and how much would their management >care anyway. There were number of other people in this forum with the views similar >to mine. If they don't change something it looks to me they are going M$ way, down. >Slowly, but surely.
Well, if they really believed that their user base was going to walk out on them, they'd do something in a hurry. So many companies ignore obvious signs of customer dissatisfaction for so long, however, that by the time they finally wake up, it is WAY too late! > Anyone heard of a Linux based PCB CAD program? There have been a couple of starts, SourceForge has one that is a pretty decent schematic editor, but no PCB function that is worth consideration. I'm keeping an eye on it. Jon ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 567C4A6FBA77B048A29F13D5914363A4B11B6BB0 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
