Well guys,
There is some truth to the stories that have been slowly spreading
amongst us. Below is a cut & paste from the Email that I just received this
afternoon. You will note that on 4/1/06 the price increases and DOES NOT
include even the first year of Software Assurance.
So they are selling their buggy, non working software without any
support, upgrades or assurances. Yeah, that will go far, before the wheels fall
off! I guess they need to raise the price to account for the legal fees they
will be needing to cover all the lawsuits that will result from disgruntled
customers when they discover the buggy/non-working features that they had been
assured were included in the features.
Also note that what they sold just 2 months ago for the $3495 included
full FPGA support, now they have taken out the FPGA tools from this offer but
the price still goes up on April 1st. April 1st? That's it, it must be an early
April Fools joke! Or anybody who buys in is the April Fool? The latter being
most likely.
Notice also that it is stating that the Software assurance is presently
listed at $1795. Aren't a bunch of you saying $1500? I know it was $1500, maybe
some of you were just referring to the last price you had heard or been quoted
rather than different prices actually being quoted around right now?
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
Received via email March 17th 2006, approx. 4:00PM PST.
-- Now the price is $3495 and still includes a free year of software assurance
(which lists for $1795). However, until the end of March we are again offering
the software for $2,995, however, this would not include the FPPGA and Embedded
Software part of the tool. Also, until the end of the month (3/31/06), we are
offering 2 three hour web based training sessions (valued at $590) to help you
make the move to Altium Designer 6.0.
-- On 4/1/06 the price increases to $3995 and does not include software
assurance or the web based training. This is an increase of $2890.
I look forward to speaking with you.
Best regards,
XXX XXXXXXXXXXXX
Sales Representative
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Altium, Inc
North America Sales and Support
Blah, blah, blah, blah.
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