If you are not involved with the company anymore then your forceful opinions may be dated. Maybe you have 1999, 2000, 01, 02 opinions. Maybe others of us have 04, 05 and 2006 opinions (I know that there are some here that have little respect for opinions seen to be supportive of Altium but so be it ...)
Presenting your opinions so strongly when there is evidence elsewhere that they may not be quite on the money does rankle with some I guess - makes you an easy target. I do agree with your sentiment that the sales plan for the AD6 release was fast and has possibly caused more consternation than sales. Another thing that really p*sses me off is the statement that "such and such has not been tested enough" and then followed up with "I wont beta test as I am not paid to do so" - this stinks of a "user" (someone happy to abuse the efforts of others). many of us spend a lot of time being involved in beta testing for these and other products because we think this is the most cost effective way to get the software we use better (the $$ involved in changing platforms are significant). You benefit from our goodwill and effort and then you stick the boot in. People that denigrate the beta testers, by association maybe, but don't themselves get involved are selfish and are probably so uninformed about the process and the efforts of the developers and the company that their opinions should be rated down. There may well be heaps of bugs left after the testing process but you are at risk of looking foolish in making hard statements about the process if you don't inform yourself. Are you omnipotent? How do you know something is a waste of your time. Such fixed opinions are dangerous in a fast moving technology world - reminds me of contractors that spend too long doing everything themselves on small one-person projects and start believing their own b*llsh*t. Crossed paths with a guy once who suffered from this - his name was Jesus (true story). Hopelessly behind the times but he couldn't see it. Ian On 09:55 PM 18/01/2006 -0800, Hamid A. Wasti said: >Harry Selfridge wrote: > > >If you have a legally registered copy of any Altium product, there > >shouldn't be any reason not to register on the Altium site for their > >OFFICIALLY supported forum. > > >Here's one reason to not register: It is a waste of MY time. I do not >use 2004 (yes I have a legal and registered copy). I am sticking to >99SE and the last time I was registered (about a year ago) anything and >everything to do with 99SE was specifically discouraged. I am sure >Altium has great support for AD and Harley Davidson has great support >for their bikes -- neither does me any good and there is no reason for >me to waste my time with either. > >If I am missing an angle, I al all ears. > >Hamid > > > > > >____________________________________________________________ >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]
