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JaMi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tony Karavidas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:48 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] So sue me ...(was:Crunch time?) ~ ~ ~ <=== I'm getting tired or writing "snip" ::) > Well I think ATS throws a new monkey wrench into the pic. Before ATS, we > got 6 good service pack out of them and the whole time they were not > collecting for them. Yes, a solid argument can be made for "I paid for > those service packs up front when I bought the buggy software." But they > didn't have to release them OR add features to them. I think the > development efforts since SP6 was creating DXP. I'm not sure why ATS > came along with it, but they do have finite resources and someone > thought DXP would be better for the company than SP7. (Probably because > they couldn't sell SP7 and could sell DXP) > Actually, while you may not have seen it from your perspective, I believe that the 6 Service Packs were probably aimed at new customers and potential new customers at the time, and were necessary to keep any "bad press" from getting started or any that existed from getting out of hand. If a customer doesn't think that you are supporting him, he is not going to buy another seat, or recommend a purchase to someone else. (I think that this very important to remember this at this point in time with everything that is going on right now.) A major part of any sales are preceded by contact and discussion with current users, and without all of those Service Packs, I would guess there would have been monumentally less sales of new seats both to existing as well as new customers. Also I think that it is reasonable to conclude that potential customers have been looking into this forum to get an idea about any problems and support, since it has been accessible directly from the Protel / Altium web page for some time, and other users would also direct potential buyers here. When you take all of this into account, I would actually say that all of those Service Packs really and truly have been paid for. >From this perspective, you might actually even say that even those who may have thought that they were getting the "free ride", were in fact "paying" for the Service Packs. The "paid up front" argument is also very valid. If you pay for something and it does not work, it should be fixed, whether it takes 1, 6, 7, or 10 or 100 Service Packs, period. > Post ATS makes it complicated for them and users because IMO, I think > ATS would require Protel to do SP7 or some other concession towards DXP. > Actually, more on this aspect of ATS in another time and place. ~ ~ ~ > Sure, I think they should do something: Either offer a SP7, or modify > ATS, or make DXP rock! > I agree, but the problem is that DXP needs to "rock!" right now, today, and in the absence of that in the immediately foreseeable future, we are stuck with the whats' left, only I would rephrase it as SP7 AND modify ATS. ~ ~ ~ > How many times are you going to reference the EULA? I never one > mentioned it in my post. > Actually, I wrote this post on the Design Aids issue in direct response to your comments on EULAs in an earlier post of yours from Saturday (I am just slow in catching up): *** INSERT Fred, I wasn't defending the practice of people shipping buggy software. I was merely pointing out it happens a lot and I don't think it merits the talk about "...violates the ethic of..." What, are you going to sue them? Read the EULA. Read any EULA. The most you'll get is your money back for the product, but you'd probably have a hard time with that if you've worked with it for years and have successfully churned out boards. ***END INSERT I may have misunderstood something here, but this was the catalyst for my writing up the whole Design Aids Bankruptcy story. For quite some time now I have been seeing occasional statements here in the forum that in essence state that there is no legal or other recourse against Altium and that we as customers and users are totally at their mercy. Well, I obviously disagree with this assessment, and I have in fact even replied to a few of these posts in the past with a quick reference to having put Design Aids out of business, although I have waited until your comment here above to take the time to try and write the story up. It really and truly is a facinating story, but I have tried to be very brief with it here in these posts in the forum since it is somewhat off topic. Anyway, onwards and upwards. 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