I agree 100%. I also started in 1993 with Protel V1.5, I think. Since then, several times protels upgrade politics were very obscure. Once (1996?) I sold the whole package and bought a new one, because it was cheaper than to upgrade. And as far as I remember, it never happened that they released a SP after the release of a major upgrade. P3.0, P98, P99, P99SE - always the same story: take the opportunity of a sales action, buy, and wait for 1 or 2 SP's of the new package (or vice versa: wait first and buy then), then you can dare to use it.
Heiko Vachek elektronik 21 GmbH > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Young [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 6:33 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] So sue me ...(was:Crunch time?) > > > I also couldn't agree more on SP7. It is unfair to expect > users to pay for > DXP when they cannot use it right away with all the bug fixes > and retraining > required. On the other hand, I might be tempted to pay for > the DXP upgrade > if it would buy me SP7. I would see an immediate value to > the upgrade and I > could then use DXP at my leisure and when I felt it was ready, I would > switch over to DXP. This is what I did with P99 and P99SE, > but then ATS was > not an issue at that time either. I am hesitant to jump on > with ATS without > SP7 and not knowing the actual working release date of DXP. > Not to mention > the uncertainty with the next release of PCAD and how the > Altium developers > will have time to support both products. This is the most > uncertainty I > have ever witnessed with Protel since I started using it in > 1993~. It may > well be that I upgrade to DXP and pay ATS, but not without > them proving to > me it is worthwhile. > > Rob > > ************************************************************************ * Tracking #: 7365955ADAD6364EABFFFFF0F5AAC7813B9E6596 * ************************************************************************ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
