So Hamid, are you going to give Protel 2004 a spin when it is released? it appears that the PCB side will essentially be DXP SP3
and as Ivan has asked have you identified a competitive alternative for you and your customers? we have 2 seats here and also have yet to embrace DXP but at some point i guess we will need to either jump ship or bite the bullet (hey! 2 cliches in one sentence) the years of work in the libraries form a sort of trap, i wouldn't relish having to recreate all those parts TIA for any info Dennis Saputelli "Hamid A. Wasti" wrote: > > Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: > > >What did you tell them to > >buy instead of DXP? Could they still buy 99SE, or did you recommend some > >other brand? > > > When we do large product development projects for our clients, we > deliver the board files only in Protel format. If the client wants to > make changes in house with our support, they need to purchase Protel and > we make a commitment to teach & support them. Over the years we have > been directly responsible for the sale of several seats this way and > indirect responsible for the sale of several more because after > acquiring in-house expertise, the company decided to increase the number > of seats. > > As for the canceled sales, we struck a deal with one client for them to > teach us their CAD system. In another case, the client is still trying > to decide what CAD system to get, as we have made it clear that we will > not be supporting DXP and understandably they do not want to buy a dead > end product like 99SE > > > I don't mean to sound negative, but these issues are important, and I'm not > > going to get excited over Nexar and LiveDesign until I see answers to these > > questions. > > Those issues are indeed important, but there is a more fundamental > issue: Will the product actually work, or will it be a waste of your > time and money? Considering Altium's recent history, you would be lucky > if you get the point of actually having to realistically worry about the > issues you mentioned in your post. > > Hamid > -- _______________________________________________________________________ Integrated Controls, Inc. Tel: 415-647-0480 EXT 107 2851 21st Street Fax: 415-647-3003 San Francisco, CA 94110 www.integratedcontrolsinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
