The main reason I switched to Protel was to get away from Tango Total Support.
At the time, Protel was a breath of fresh air. It's Service packs on-line. It's Part libraries on-line. No yearly charges to keep these available. I for one, feel *strongly* betrayed by the ATS program. It's not what I "signed on" for when I originally bought the package. If I could have foreseen the development of ATS, I might have made a different selection. Things change, I guess, not always for the better. ---Phil RT> Andrew Jenkins wrote: >> >> 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. RT> My distributor told me yesterday, that ATS was additional to the usual RT> upgradeability. Meaning you can get DXP whenever you want. The price RT> increases with the number of versions you're behind. Same as when you RT> now upgrade a 2.8 to 99SE, which is more expensive than a 98 to a RT> 99SE. RT> Together with DXP you get ATS, whatever this for a year and you don't RT> have to extend it when it expires. RT> Rene RT> ************************************************************************ RT> * Tracking #: 7FE77E2AFC87924EA9D4DE2262AE4C2895C093B7 RT> * RT> ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
