Agreed on all points. I'm still hanging on and hoping, but I have yet to see anything new in DXP that would be worth the $2K or so upgrade cost that it was going to be some time back. Altium seems to have decided that small shops aren't worth supporting any more. That's their choice to make, of course, but if I were head of marketing, I'd have to ask where the growth is - and it hasn't been in the big companies for many years!
Steve Hendrix In a message dated 2005-05-16 05:01:07 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > 99SE user here. No calls here yet. But we don't have a lot of licenses. > > Way to go Altium, remove another incentive for me to upgrade, why don't > you? You may think you are pressuring me into upgrading now, but what you > are really doing is removing my incentives to upgrade when I am ready > (later). If I get no discount for being a previous Protel user, and face a > big new learning curve anyway, I might choose something else. There was an > article on gEDA in Circuit Cellar Ink a few months back, IIRC. > > As far as never setting a date, I think it's a case of Altium throwing > stuff against the wall and seeing what sticks and what doesn't. In > otherwords, Altium's Standard Operating Procedure (ASOP). When Altium > tells you something, it's likely just another ASOP fable ;-) > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > > Brad Velander wrote: > > Hi guys, > > Well I got a personal call from Altium this week to advise me of > changing policies. As of June/July, all upgrade paths from P99SE (or earlier > versions) to DXP will revert to full retail cost ($11,000). Why do they never > have > a set date when they call you, this is definitely a pattern? > > > > Have the rest of you "hold-outs" been getting calls as well? Or are > they just targeting the prime targets with greater numbers of licenses, so > far. > > > > Sincerely, > > Brad Velander > > Senior PCB Designer > > Northern Airborne Technology > > 1925 Kirschner Rd., > > Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7. > > tel (250) 763-2329 ext. 225 > > fax (250) 762-3374 > > > > ____________________________________________________________ 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 Old Archives (2001-2004): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] Browse or Search Current Archives (2004-Current): http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
