> Software EDA has become so competitive that everyone gets a unique price > which they are asked NOT to reveal to anyone......
You call that competition? I call it BS. Competition would be competing on features, capabilities, flexibility, extensibility, ease of use, documentation, price, etc. This is not competition, it is deception. Buying EDA should not be like buying a car. Buying a car should not be like buying a car, for that matter. That's one reason why I buy a new car only every 10 years or so. I find car shopping to be a thoroughly unpleasant experience because of the "screw-em-unless-they-know-better" mentality. Only when you make it abundantly clear to the salesperson that you are the one making the offer and they can take it or leave it, will you avoid getting ripped off. Sometimes it makes a difference which salesperson you get - I've had to walk out on some and come back a few weeks later to a different one, with better results. Yes, I got the car I wanted. In the color I wanted. With the engine/transmission I wanted. At a price that I wanted. But it took 6 weeks of letting the dealer stew about it.
If EDA vendors are going to start pricing like car dealers, maybe we should start shopping like savvy car shoppers?
Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com
TDK wrote:
Don't forget you are expressing all this on a public forum.....
You are playing poker with your cards up on the table......
You need to express your concerns 1-on-1, not publicly like this....
Software EDA has become so competitive that everyone gets a unique price which they are asked NOT to reveal to anyone......
I experienced this with 2 EDA vendors directly......
TDK
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