I echo your sentiments 100%. >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John A. >Ross [Design] >Sent: Friday, October 15, 2004 5:43 AM >To: Protel EDA Discussion List >Subject: RE: [PEDA] Message to Altium !!! > >All > >After being away from my desk for a week I read this thread >and get that crazy d�j� vu feeling.... > >Like many other user support lists the focus on the tools has >been lost through many statements of blind loyalty to Protel >and has masked issues which should be brought 'front and >centre' and attacked with the same ferocity as the generic >ones we pick upon amongst ourselves. > >Protel is not and will never be 'all that'. I wish it could >be, but it won't, reality check time. > >It does not matter how responsive Altium have been or the >complete change in attitude over the years, their track record >of unfinished versions, failed promises and lack of interest >in developing what they have, as opposed to adding new bells, >whistles and pretty things is entirely intact since P98 which >is when I first used Protel seriously. > >Consistently they miss how to make things simpler and how to >make the design flow better as the feature set of the tools expand. >Currently the P2004 toolset could be compared to a Swiss army >knife instead of precision tools, yeah, its got a lot, it can >get the job done, just don't try micro surgery with it! > >But in saying that, the development progress of other tools >seem stagnant compared to Protels. > >I have really lost faith in Altiums ability to pick up user >requests via this or the DXP list as the posts are viewed with >'blinkers' on as they run the EDA market share 'horse race' >which is an understandable priority in a business sense. > >The items they have picked up come from a favoured few to whom >they do listen as they speak whatever language Altium understands.
>The items/features that would encourage me to dig deeper in my >pocket for more Altium tools are a lot simpler than FPGA tools >or the 'anti-climax' called Situs, and would save me I reckon >1-1.5 hours a day. > ____________________________________________________________ You are subscribed to the PEDA discussion forum To Post messages: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe and Other Options: http://techservinc.com/mailman/listinfo/peda_techservinc.com Browse or Search previous postings: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
