Dennis, The only thing I could relate to with demolishing a DDB architecture is that there is alot of data management under this regime. Thus, there is associated software complexity and design risk. For the end user, the corruption of a DDB has the potential to destroy an entire project. To counter this complaint, I have personally not had any significant DDB problems.
Within DXP, there seems to have been hell of a swerve in the direction of PCAD. Having an Accel/Tango/PCAD origin within this company, I have seen the forces of good and evil do battle. The thing about swerves is that there is often a chance for over recovery. Killing the DDB format and not using it as a 'Save As' feature is one of them. This does present the opportunity for 'a dark horse' to come out of the pack and steal Altium's entire user base. A company just needs to offer adequate import capabilties and service its clients basis. If I were an Altium product line manager, I would seriously consider gathering a small team of programmers together to offer ATS support to those that wish to continue on using 99SE. Call it legacy support, for that matter. Asking for service pack 7 for nothing is asking alot for a very mature product. To put it bluntly, there seems to be alot of pissed off people within this forum and alot of windows are opening up to go elsewhere. Fabian Hartery Research Engineer, B. Eng (Electrical) Guigne International Limited 63 Thorburn Road St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada A1B3M2 tel: 709-738-4070 fax: 709-738-4093 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] website: www.guigne.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential and privileged information and is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, delete this e-mail and destroy any copies from your system; you should not copy the message or disclose its contents to anyone. Any dissemination, distribution or use of this information by a person other than the intended recipient is unauthorized and may be illegal. We cannot accept liability for any damage sustained as a result of software viruses and advise you to carry out your own virus checks before opening any attachment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 55441536B6429B41AC330E61A9C1CC8AC038F4D9 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
