Heck, I am still using P98, PCB only! We have a P99SE license, but I have been unwilling to go through the learning curve for PCB, much less use P99SE schematic vs. OrCAD 7.2!
That being the case, why would I want to spend ANY money on DXP, and get trapped into annual maintenance? Once again, support and maintenance included in the purchase price is what made Protel what it was yesterday (as opposed what it is today). Regardless of DXP, its features, and not being able to separate features and pricing, ATS seems like the deathnell that has consumed so many other companies. Sure, penneyheads might think it is a terrific source of ongoing revenue, but it will probably turn so many off, that their revenue may actually go down, and kill the company!! Hey Protel (Altium), it still may not be too late!!! Until you actually charge someone for just ATS, you can still regain your sanity, and flush this whole annual maintenance crap where it belongs! Otherwise, I would just start counting the days until Altium becomes just another carcass on the smelly heap of business failures - not because of a poor products, but from bad business decisions. Maybe what has happened is what I have experienced before at other companies. New management (with a great resume) comes from a company we've heard of who just went down the tubes (through no fault of their own, of course), gets hired to take over, and quickly hires all his buddies (who also worked at the previous failed company), institutes significant changes in policy and management style, and within a year or three, sends this company down the tubes too, then moves on to the next victim with an additional VERY impressive title from an even bigger company on his resume. (and so on, and so on...) I wonder who the next victim will be? ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 06485DE01192B04997B35FF92E1C5958075623B7 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
