> I will > sleep with the devil that I largely know and I know how to deal with most of > it's temperamental fits.
So Protel 99SE is a succubus...who'da thunk it? ;-) Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad Velander" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Protel EDA Forum'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 17, 2002 2:36 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] 99SE Migration > Fred, > I hear you 100%. From my view the issue is simple, DXP is blatantly > unfinished, bug ridden and not what we as users wanted. After more than 3 > years of development if DXP is the height of Altiums performance then they > are in deep kaka. If DXP had come out as as a usable tool (sans missing > modules/parts) I might have had some minimal confidence in switching to it > within a year, that idea is history now. I almost replied to Phil's email > with a simple "Not on your life!" reply. > I will continue to use P99SE for at least the next several years or > until I am forced by hardware/OS to search out the best tool at that time. > Who wants to migrate to complicated unfinished crap? Doesn't Altium realize > that we use this software day in and day out to earn a living, that living > isn't paid for by being their beta testers or product development resource, > it is paid for by getting product out the door smoothly and reliably. I will > sleep with the devil that I largely know and I know how to deal with most of > it's temperamental fits. > As for Altium listening to it's customer base, they should. It seems > to me that they have isolated themselves for the past several years and > ignored the customer base. If they don't do some more listening and quickly > they will go the way of the other arrogant, self-righteous, can't do wrong, > companies of the last 2 years. Nobody is absolutely tied to their product > and there are other choices out there (some of which 'seem' no better but > they are out there). > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * To post a message: mailto:proteledaforum@;techservinc.com * * To leave this list visit: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html * * Contact the list manager: * mailto:ForumAdministrator@;TechServInc.com * * Forum Guidelines Rules: * http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html * * Browse or Search previous postings: * http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@;techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
