> Protel > *is* worth its current retail price of $7995, in my view. It is more than > hobbyists can afford, but anyone who is seriously involved with design, who > is trying to make a living with it, is advised to realize that the > productivity features make it worth the price.
$5K tops, dude. IMO. Why pay ever more for mostly re-used code? Oh, I believe we discussed this before ;-) Best regards, Ivan Baggett Bagotronix Inc. website: www.bagotronix.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Abd ul-Rahman Lomax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:43 PM Subject: Re: [PEDA] Using 3D > At 02:23 PM 11/15/01 -0500, Paul Hutchinson wrote: > > >They boast about this feature in the full pages ads in EE Times as well as > >on the web site. The advertising of this feature almost got me to upgrade. > >Fortunately I've learned to never trust anything Protel/Altium says and, the > >talk on this forum about the uselessness of the 3D viewer confirmed my > >suspicion that it was just marketing fluff. > > *However*, if Mr. Hutchinson will watch this list, he may note that those > of us who have upgraded to 99SE are quite happy that we did. We are > realistically aware that someone with a bad attitude toward honesty and > full disclosure appears to have some authority with Protel marketing, but > we do not toss out the baby with the bathwater. Protel 99SE is truly an > advance over earlier versions, and those who adopted it early have done well. > > Given what we are quite sure is coming, $1995 for upgrade from Protel 98 is > a bargain and $3995 for upgrade from earlier versions is not bad. Protel > *is* worth its current retail price of $7995, in my view. It is more than > hobbyists can afford, but anyone who is seriously involved with design, who > is trying to make a living with it, is advised to realize that the > productivity features make it worth the price. > > We are concerned about the ATS program because it appears to represent a > very significant increased maintenance cost, but this is a long-term > concern. The immediate costs are likely to be reasonable, i.e., the P99SE > to P2002 upgrade which will include a year's ATS. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Abdulrahman Lomax > Easthampton, Massachusetts USA * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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] * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
