At 05:21 PM 5/1/2002 +0000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I am interested in purchasing Protel PCB/Schematic Software with license. >Prefer Protel 98 or newer.
For the information of our readers, older Protel licenses which have not been used for upgrade are eligible for upgrade pricing. Right now, a Protel 98 license is worth almost as much as an older 99SE license because it can be upgraded to 99SE for $2000 and the upgrade will include the Phoenix release, whereas a pre-Oct 1, 2001 (?) 99SE license will not be automatically upgraded, some Protel announcements have indicated that the upgrade pricing will also be $2000. So if one has already decided to buy a 99SE license, or wants to buy one but cannot afford the current price ($7995?, it fluctuates with sale pricing), anything below about $6000 would be an improvement. I'd say that $4000 is about right for a used P98 license. Yes, this may be more than one paid for the license in the first place.... As I have indicated elsewhere, the Protel resale market is in a bit of disarray due to uncertainties about pricing, plus Protel has run sales which lowered the price by about 20%. Since used licenses were selling for about 25% below regular price, the sales left not enough improvement to motivate buyers; naturally a seller could lower the price accordingly, but sellers usually want to get as much as possible and thus are motivated to wait until pricing settles.... I may have a 99SE license for sale, BTW. Note that licenses which have already been used for upgrade are considered by Protel to be subsumed into the new license; Protel has stated that it will consider the sale of an older license to be the sale of any newer license founded upon that older license. I don't think they would get away with that in court, i.e., they could not prosecute for copyright violation, BUT they are completely free to set whatever policy they deem appropriate when it comes to recognizing licenses for upgrade purposes. So one could be trashing one's right to upgrade by selling an older license.... that could be a very expensive mistake. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/proteledaforum@techservinc.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
