> of a copy of Protel, one could purchase thirty-two Windows 2000 Pro licenses > and still have change left over for a serious dinnwa.
What's a "dinnwa" ? But W2K Pro won't convert his Protel 98 files either. As long as we are doing price comparisons, for the price of P99SE ($9K ?)you could buy 225 boxed Linux distros ($40 each). Or you could (legally) make 36,000 copies of a Linux distro CD ($0.25 per blank CD). Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:55 AM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Protel 98 > > From: Graham [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Hello > > We have large numbers of legacy boards created in P98 but no > > longer have.<P98, now have P99SE>...Any suggestions where I might get a > copy? > > P98 files are (or should be) directly compatible with P99SE, (at least after > being imported into a P99SE database) and so I am a bit confused as to why > you are experiencing such a problem. As for acquiring a copy of P98, it used > to be that Protel would, at customer request, issue a copy of previous > release(s) to licensed customers, in order to alleviate legacy deisgn issues > which might arise for said high-paying customer (never forget, for the price > of a copy of Protel, one could purchase thirty-two Windows 2000 Pro licenses > and still have change left over for a serious dinnwa. > > I don't know whether Protel's original, customer-focused policy still > applies, but you can always ask. > > aj * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
