easy Ivan... micro-junk may be reading this and you just laid out the ground work for them!!!
it was hella funny, despite the possibility of it happening for real! ~Joel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rich Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 03, 2002 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Upgrade Pricing Ethics WAS: Not DXP or P99SE, but have you seen the Cadence offer!!!! > Hahahahaha I love this guy ;-) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Bagotronix Tech Support [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 03 August 2002 19:32 > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Upgrade Pricing Ethics WAS: Not DXP or P99SE, but > have you seen the Cadence offer!!!! > > > As for market forces on software prices, I'm going to do my part. I'm > > done buying any new Microsoft OS's after Win2K (due to their licensing > > and privacy policies) and Altium (because of pricing/support/utility > > -per-dollar issues). So I guess I may only be one person, but I'm > > voting with my checkbook. In the meantime, I'll keep looking for > better > > alternatives while using what works OK for me. Sure am glad this isn't > > "rented" software! ;-) > > You are not alone. As I have said before on this list, W2K and Office > 2000 > are the last Microsoft products I will be buying unless they scrap their > new > licensing policies and cut the prices. Likewise with future Protel > versions; 99SE will be it. It's a shame, because in many ways W2K and > Protel 99SE are excellent products. Further improvements on them would > be a > wonderful thing, but the new licensing and pricing is a killer. > > You can not only work with your checkbook, you can also evangelize > others > about the issues at stake. I have been warning friends and family about > what is happening with software licensing, with mixed results. I get a > lot > of apathy. It will be that way until one day they turn on their PC and > it > says (names changed to protect the guilty): > > "Your Winblows license has expired. For your convenience, we have your > credit card information on file. So that we may continue to serve you, > please click on 'OK' to renew your Winblows license. Your credit card > will > then be charged $199 for a one-year license renewal. If you click on > 'cancel', you will be charged a one-time fee of $99 to cover processing > costs of removing your computer information from the central license > registration database. Should you decide to renew later, you will be > charged an addtional $99 processing fee to add your computer information > back to the central license registration database, in additon to the > rate > for a new license, which is currently $299. Should you desire to > contest > these charges, please recall in the End User's License Agreement that by > using the software, you agreed to not use credit card chargeback > procedures. > Should you attempt to reclaim files from this computer's hard disk > without > first renewing your Winblows license, any .NYET-enabled files will > report > their being opened to the central license registration database, > possibly > leading to your prosecution under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act > for > felony charges of attempting to defeat software security measures. > Thank > you for using Macrohard products." > > OK, that was not a statement of fact, but a prediction of how it might > go. > In any case, it was fun to write. And it (or something like it) COULD > happen. > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Pobursky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, August 02, 2002 5:59 PM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Upgrade Pricing Ethics WAS: Not DXP or P99SE, but > have > you seen the Cadence offer!!!! > > > > > ************************************************************************ > * Tracking #: 4499897D6A9FF5499E903EFFE072FF71D3F4650C > * > ************************************************************************ > * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
