Um, don't you mean P98 SP 12? > -----Original Message----- > From: JaMi Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 9:35 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Cc: JaMi Smith > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 2004 DXP Looks Great, > > > This is kind of what I was trying to address in the DXP Forum > with a post there, before Nick stepped in and totally > side-stepped the issue by telling me to go read a link. > > People keep calling Protel 2004 an "Upgrade". > > With the exception of the "Nano-Board" stuff, it occurs to me > that this is not a real "Upgrade" in anything but name only, > and that in respect to DXP Schematic and DXP PCB that this is > really nothing more than the long long overdue Realease of > "Service Pack 3". > > This seems to be somewhat comparable to the "Upgrade" from > Protel 99 Service Pack 2 to Protel 99 SE, which if I > understand it correctly, was actually also called Service Pack 3. > > The problem here is that while I understand that the step > from Protel 99 to Protel 99 SE actually was in fact a really > big step, what we appear to have here is simply some > additional functionality, which you must pay for if you want, > and which is clearly additional to the basic DXP Package, but > that with respect to the basic Schematic and PCB Packaging > part of DXP, we are only getting a Service Pack, and one that > really doesen't look like it really may have addressed all of > the problems in the "DXP Only" part of the package, based on > what I am seeing here in the forums. > > Respecting the issue of "too many trees" for Manuals, When I > got my initial Release of DXP, I got a manual that was just > over 3/8" thick that was an absolute joke (I am once again > restraining myself to keep it clean here in the forum), that > was totally worthless, and very soon actually obsolete. I can > accept the fact that Altium did not want to print any manuals > while they were trying to get their collective DXP act > together, but if they think that that time has come, and they > have actually decided to go ahead and print a "THICK manual" > as Mike called it, then I do believe that Altium "owes" one > of these manuals to all of it's DXP customers, since it never > delivered a useable manual in the first place, and have been > "begging off" giving one to every DXP Licensee with various > excuses over the last year and a half now. > > Altium - If you have actually have printed a manual, then > distribute it to the people that you have been stalling for > the last year and a half, irrespective of the number of trees > that it takes. > > Respectively submitted, > > JaMi Smith > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ian Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 1:43 PM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] 2004 DXP Looks Great, > > > > On 03:03 AM 9/03/2004, Tony Karavidas said: > > >I'm guessing they it's either a new purchase or he is paying > > >maintenance. > > > > > >Tony > > > > This was made quite clear by Nick on the DXP list, wasn't it Tony. > > > > Full licenses get manuals, the upgrade issued to DXP > license holders > > don't. At least this is what Nick Martin wrote: "The free upgrade > > packages won't include the Printed Books (too many > > trees!!) but all the doco is available on the CD." > > This seems clear enough to me. > > > > So Mike, was yours an "free" upgrade from DXP or a new > P2004 license? > > > > Ian > > > > > > >
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