If people want some predictable pricing because of departmental budgets, why would they bank on getting a deal through the fire sale? It's like I said, pay the maintenance cost if that's what is comforting to your business and get whatever you get whenever, or just buy it when you can or see value in it.
I still ask anyone to offer up an EDA company which has better pricing, better performance and better licensing flexibility. No one ever seems to be able to answer those questions. What does Orcad SCH and Orcad PCB cost these days? Allegro? PowerPCB? What's the annual fees for those? What progress has there been in the last 10 years in those applications? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Velander Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 4:19 PM To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: RE: [PEDA] 6.0 ? Brain, Besides my obvious vent about their practices, I just don't see where Altium's actions are working in their favour or anybody else's. With the possible exception of the small independent contractors that can (but probably shouldn't) make split second spending decisions. They are holding these fire sales semi-annually on average and fire sales don't do anything but placate the short minded quarterly report readers. I would also agree that Altium should exercise some real business acumen, setting relatively fixed pricing (quantity discounts included), fixed SP release schedules and fixed upgrade schedules. These need not be tied down to a particular day but should reflect realistic expectations with some allowance for slippage. Then at least everyone could reasonably plan and budget for their tool upgrades, etc.. Their fire sales also interfere with the proper marketing of their annual maintenance program because people can't justify the maintenance cost when they keep banking on getting a deal through the historical fire sale antics (anybody who reads Abd ul-Rahman's posts promoting this fact knows exactly what I mean). Then with reliable annual maintenance revenues they can increase profitability because it is continuous revenue that requires very little sales or customer service support, if any. Not to mention then they can focus their sales effort on new customers rather than cold calling existing customers every few months with the latest fire sale offer. 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: Brian Guralnick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 3:55 PM To: Protel EDA Discussion List Subject: Re: [PEDA] 6.0 ? Yes, I also feel as if Altium's sales strategy tries to focus on the get quick money from a small single person user, while the product they are selling requires at least a small business' budgetary decision. I think Altium could make more money by fine tuning their sales strategy to match their product's price tag instead of going for the quick buck. _________ Brian G. ____________________________________________________________ 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]
