Speaking about the beta program, I applied and was denied. I thought it a bit funny, since I know the current app pretty damn well and would be a good point of view for the 'next' version. I wonder what exactly is their criteria??
Oh well.... > -----Original Message----- > From: Geoff Harland [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 3:57 PM > To: Protel EDA Forum > Subject: Re: [PEDA] ATS > > > > > Their wording is odd at best. " ATS membership CANNOT be purchased on > > > existing Protel 99 SE licenses." > > > > > I am concerned that it seems that it seems possible that in the future > there > > will be diminishing support for the existing users, but surely > they would > > not want to loose their existing customer base (us). That would > be plainly > > stupid from their point of view (I hope). > > I think that they are only trying to catch the new purchaser's, and they > > will probably have this as standard for any future releases. > > > > Wayne Bickers > > I also suspect that anyone upgrading to (or purchasing) Protel 2001 (or > Protel 2002, by the time it comes out of beta testing?) will have > no option > but to go onto an ATS program. I suspect that such an upgrade or purchase > would include membership of the ATS program for 12 months, after > which users > would then have to pay for the next 12 months membership of the > ATS program. > > Protel 99 SE was released in early 2000, and it is probable that the next > version of Protel will be released early next year (based on > Altium recently > requesting users to apply for membership of the Altium Beta Program). With > two years between major releases, long-term users would pay an upgrade fee > for each new release, and an ATS membership update fee halfway between the > issue of each new release. To that extent, it will be a change from the > past. > > I suspect that anyone who didn't front up with their cash midway between > releases would have to pay more next time they upgraded to the next new > release (compared with users who *had* thus paid), so that Altium > would then > recover at least part of the funds that they would otherwise have acquired > from those users. > > It is not as if Altium need the additional funds to keep their > shareholders > from rioting. So the question is what their users will get in exchange for > these additional payments. (It has been a long time since SP6 was released > for Protel 99 SE. And since the time it was released, two SPs have been > released for use with P-CAD 2001.) But to pay almost $US2k a year, when a > seat currently costs almost $US8k, certainly seems steep. > > Regards, > Geoff Harland. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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/[email protected] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
