lowering taxes under the right circumstances can actually raise tax
revenues collected
the converse can also be true
from my perspective the maintenance thing is not nec. a killer
it depends on what they deliver for that
Dennis Saputelli
Bruce Walter wrote:
>
> Heck, I am still using P98, PCB only!
>
> We have a P99SE license, but I have been unwilling to go through the learning
> curve for PCB, much less use P99SE schematic vs. OrCAD 7.2!
>
> That being the case, why would I want to spend ANY money on DXP, and get
> trapped into annual maintenance?
>
> Once again, support and maintenance included in the purchase price is what
> made Protel what it was yesterday (as opposed what it is today).
>
> Regardless of DXP, its features, and not being able to separate features and
> pricing, ATS seems like the deathnell that has consumed so many other
> companies. Sure, penneyheads might think it is a terrific source of ongoing
> revenue, but it will probably turn so many off, that their revenue may
> actually go down, and kill the company!!
>
> Hey Protel (Altium), it still may not be too late!!! Until you actually
> charge someone for just ATS, you can still regain your sanity, and flush this
> whole annual maintenance crap where it belongs! Otherwise, I would just
> start counting the days until Altium becomes just another carcass on the
> smelly heap of business failures - not because of a poor products, but from
> bad business decisions.
>
> Maybe what has happened is what I have experienced before at other companies.
> New management (with a great resume) comes from a company we've heard of who
> just went down the tubes (through no fault of their own, of course), gets
> hired to take over, and quickly hires all his buddies (who also worked at the
> previous failed company), institutes significant changes in policy and
> management style, and within a year or three, sends this company down the
> tubes too, then moves on to the next victim with an additional VERY
> impressive title from an even bigger company on his resume. (and so on, and
> so on...)
>
> I wonder who the next victim will be?
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