But the price point keeps moving up making competition with Altium from beneath a more viable option for another company.
Not a winning strategy for Altium in my opinion but a great opportunity for someone who wants to develop a user friendly platform for PCB design. I wonder what other players out there are on their way up? Bill Brooks - KG6VVP PCB Design Engineer, C.I.D.+, C.I.I. Tel: (760)597-1500 Ext 3772 Fax: (760)597-1510 Datron World Communications, Inc. _______________________________________ San Diego Chapter of the IPC Designers Council Communications Officer, Web Manager http://dcchapters.ipc.org/SanDiego/ http://pcbwizards.com -----Original Message----- From: bob stephens [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:23 AM To: 'Protel EDA Discussion List' Subject: RE: [PEDA] New AD release You know, Altium has been f***ing over their existing user base for years (including me since 98), yet none of us ever leave... Apparently there's no better alternative at this price point. Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Saputelli Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 9:10 AM To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] New AD release i got a call to join the web cast and give them money to upgrade she mentioned something like that the upgrade door would be closed (or much more expensive if i didn't upgrade) at some date coming soon! ... end of this year i think she said i spent of good deal of money on 2 DXP/P2004 licenses which are still gathering dust i will probably changeover at some point but have not seen the urgent need as of yet i spent the money so that i could retain a reasonable cost of future-proofing which now seems in doubt - (^#*^(*^(* the sales person (can't remember her name, Alexis or some 'A') touted the FPGA integration over and over and could not seem to understand that since i have no need for this it had no value to me ds in case someone didn't get the email hype from them and is interested, here is a snip from their email **** For more information on the scope of this new release, read the 'What's New in Altium Designer 6.0' release document at http://www.altium.com/WhatsNew.pdf Alternatively, why not see for yourself the benefits that Altium Designer 6.0 brings to design by taking a look at the first in a series of on-demand video feature demonstrations that showcase the highlights of the Altium Designer 6.0 release. You can view the videos at http://www.altium.com/altiumdesigner6demos. Brad Velander wrote: > Why is it that Altium always does this? Release confusing and contradictory information that simply riles and inflames their existing customer base. What a bunch of useless wankers! > > I would love to understand the mentioned licensing levels/versions but I couldn't find anything that explained it in their released information. Typical crap. I do not know if it was simply the existing AD verses Nexar, verses viewer licensing or something new that would allow licensing of a package of PCB/Sch features without all the FPGA stuff that we will never use. But no, they release a bunch of double talk that says nothing intelligent and imparts no useful information. Even the whole idea of the release announcement is misconstrued and totally untrue. Wankers! > > Sincerely, > Brad Velander > Senior PCB Designer > Northern Airborne Technology > #14 - 1925 Kirschner Road, > Kelowna, BC, V1Y 4N7. > tel (250) 763-2329 ext. 225 > fax (250) 762-3374 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Harry Selfridge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 5:11 PM > To: Protel EDA Discussion List > Subject: Re: [PEDA] New AD release > > > There is no new release yet - despite the press release. The new > version of AD is still in Beta testing. > > > At 04:42 PM 12/6/2005, you wrote: > >>Anyone had a chance at looking at the new AD release? >> >> >> >>Cheers >> >>Alfonso > > snip ____________________________________________________________ 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] ____________________________________________________________ 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] ____________________________________________________________ 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]
