there's always a next victim, plenty of Enrons or Barings in the world
to chose from (anyone remember _that_ one? ).
What concerns me is the little victims, who get squeezed somewhere in the
middle. Management gets record paychecks and benefits, companies file
chapter 11 , shareholders get shafted, stockmarkets collapse , world
recession, WW3, that's fine . But don't mess with my CAD programs and change
the data structures , menu options and keyboard shortcuts every other day ,
I'm too old to learn new stuff for free . Actually far from free, I'd have
to pay for it twofold, send them my money _and_ waste my time=more money to
get close to what I do now with the old tools , should the Software Bugs
Gods and the purgatory of ATS allow it .
Unfortunately I've seen this kind of scenario happen time and again,
been in companies which went this route and I think Altium has no control
over its own fate now. The dice were cast probably over one year ago,
business plans a la Iridium were concocted, acquisitions and mergers
devised, new management in place, new name, a huge machine got rolling . Now
it's a year later and the damage is done . This is like the Titanic when
they saw the iceberg, before they hit . All is still fine but not for long
and the writing is on the wall.
My Deepest Condolences,
Matt Tudor , MSEE
http://www.gigahertzelectronics.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Don Ingram" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 6:52 AM
Subject: Re: [PEDA] Will ATS kill Altium?
> Stock exchange agrees ;-)
>
>
http://www.asx.com.au/asx/research/chartsSearch.jsp?searchBy=asxCode&asxCode
> =ALU&TimeFrame=D
>
> Cheers
>
> Don
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bruce Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Saturday, August 31, 2002 8:19 AM
> Subject: [PEDA] Will ATS kill Altium?
>
>
> 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?
************************************************************************
* Tracking #: B68B32CD931FF742A2724997FEA85646C429AE8F
*
************************************************************************
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
* To post a message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*
* To leave this list visit:
* http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/leave.html
*
* Contact the list manager:
* mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
*
* Forum Guidelines Rules:
* http://www.techservinc.com/protelusers/forumrules.html
*
* Browse or Search previous postings:
* http://www.mail-archive.com/proteledaforum@techservinc.com
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
