All, On the other side of the coin, now ppl who choose to use pirated software don't get the full support that they have in the past for free. That means that there will be less traffic as these users often don't take the time to learn the product (pay for courses, read the manuals etc) So now the real registered (paying) users will get more access to the Altium staff, and there are many on the list, I have counted at least 81 different Altium staff names.
As for 99SE, how do you expect a company to give this sort of support forever, somewhere along the way they need to make some money to stay in business, with all the comments about costs, I see it as very cheap, I think one licence has cost me about $3k since I bought Protel99 around 5 years ago. So its cost me just $600 per year on average, I spend much more on office app's and the like that sell in millions, not just 1000's, and there support is all but non existent, MS would like to charge me $60, just to talk to them, and the only calls I've made are to report bugs. $600 odd a year for the new features for me is not a big deal at all, they have added many features, some I use now, some I'm yet to use. But I'm also getting free SP's and now Altium are planing to release these every couple of months. I'm a small business, and only use AD for a small percentage of time, anyone that users it full time, should have no problem with these costs. AutoCAD, and a few other products have ended there upgrade path on products only 3 years old, this seems to be the new model. With AutoCAD I will just use my 2002 version as it does all I need for now, I don't expect support groups or service packs. Most other EDA co's would never offer this service, and maybe Altium should charge maintenance just like them, but I'm very glad they don't. Regards, Darren Moore > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nukien > > > That's as may be, but why close it off to begin with ? It > was fine before - > people who were interested would simply register on the site, > and there you > go. Now it looks like you have to have a valid license for > DXP, DXP2004 or > Altium Designer before you can join. > > There's no indication that one can "request" access. Why > should that be > anyway, if it's going to be granted ? This is a rarified > enough industry > that one really doesn't have to quasi-exclude others, elitism or no. > > Basically, it just rubs me the wrong way. That is, having > had an open > access model, to a now seemingly closed one (even though all > it takes is an > email ...) > > We're not primarily a Protel shop, but do have a few clients > who use it, so > we've kept a license around. I occasionally (or rather, used > to) drop into > the DXP forum to keep up on what the issues are, how it's > going and so on. > Last time it didn't take my id/password, and registering > asked for a DXP > license ... Felt like a stick going down the throat sideways ... > > As I recall, while a lot of posts are problems/questions that > people have, > there was an awful lot of helpful advice in there. No reason > to keep it > bottled up - allow more people in to "watch things develop" > and maybe you'll > get a few more converts. > > -- > Dean Carpenter > deano at areyes com > 94TT :) ____________________________________________________________ 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]
