I don't think any of us can complain that Protel went the extra mile and offered SP5 and SP6 free.
Mike Reagan EDSI ----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Protel EDA Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 01, 2002 6:25 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Re[2]: Not DXP or P99SE, but have you seen the Cadence offer!!!! > On 08:57 AM 1/08/2002 -0400, Andrew Jenkins said: > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Tony Karavidas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 5:59 PM > > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Re[2]: Not DXP or P99SE, but have you seen the > > > Cadence offer!!!! > > > > > > > > > Get ready to bend over for the maintenance fees on $26,000. > > > Hmmm, send a kid > > > to college, or... > > > > > > You know with all the bitching that goes on around here about > > > Protel, you > > > guys seem to forget how inexpensive it really is for what > > > you're getting. > > > >That sentiment was built when Protel cost a third of its present price, only > >a few short years ago. The rapid tripling of Protel's price at the behest of > >Protel/Altium's corporate captains, coupled with their clever new ATS > >coercement, has made that warm-n-fuzzy sentiment hollow at best. > > > >aj > > The game changed when the price went up that is for sure. They need to > deliver a three times better product by your figuring. Are they? > > I can't recall now - over what period did the price triple? It would be > interesting to see how that matches with features and bugs fixes. > > I wonder if the introduction of SP5 and SP6, which really helped stability > for many of us, corresponds to the steepest price rise. If so then any of > us that are very price sensitive should wish for buggy software! Do you > like my logic? Maybe I should go into marketing. > > Ian Wilson > > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: 0963ECB41E082B47B2CD942C6CE17F3DAA906438 > * > ************************************************************************ > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
