what you say is true (good products ruined) but it is too late in other words this is the M.O. of biz today so wishing it were otherwise makes no difference
when you consider: 1] more than a year has passed since Situs was released 2] it is 'still under developement' by their own recent words 3] they have never produced a usuable router *of their own making* i stand by my idle wish BTW - re #3 i find the 99SE router (which is a direct descendant of Neruoroute which they had purchased) to be usuable for many needs ranging from simple to moderate it is certainly not very SMD aware and is certainly not up to today's technology, but how could it be? it's old remember TRAXSTAR ? heh heh that was an in house router by protel a million years ago i still have the dongle it never did anything useful and wasn't real cheap by those day's standards during the 2.8 windows era their router wasn't worth anything either they didn't even claim it was the router of choice at that time was from Masstek can't recall the name right now i still have the dongles so i hope this shows the reasoning behind my thinking on this matter Dennis Saputelli Bagotronix Tech Support wrote: > > > if it is what it seems to be i will repeat that i think that altium > > should just buy them and integrate it > > after all that was neuroute's biz strategy > > Be careful what you wish for - you might get it. > > Seriously, when a firm with a great product gets bought by another firm, it > usually has detrimental results on the product that made the former great. > I think I can count on one hand the number of real world examples of where a > buyout actually improved the product or service. The business landscape is > littered with the remains of once good products and companies that were > ruined by a buyout. > > Best regards, > Ivan Baggett > Bagotronix Inc. > website: www.bagotronix.com > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dennis Saputelli" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 8:45 PM > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Autorouter > > > no joke > > i know it is a tall order (big wish) > > but why route a big board all 4/4 (or 5/5) when only a little area needs > > it? > > > > i guess you would just define a rectangle and then outside that it would > > shift gears > > > > BTW my idle wish aside, > > mike seems quite excited by this router and he knows this business well > > > > if it is what it seems to be i will repeat that i think that altium > > should just buy them and integrate it > > after all that was neuroute's biz strategy > > > > Dennis Saputelli > > > > > > Igor Gmitrovic wrote: > > > > > > And add 6/6 in between to smooth the transition. > > > > > > Are you sure you are joking here? :) > > > > > > Igor > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Dennis Saputelli [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, 21 January 2004 11:48 AM > > > To: Protel EDA Forum > > > Subject: Re: [PEDA] Autorouter > > > > > > $3K for the full version seems quite reasonable if it will do what > > > spectra does > > > > > > now we just need a router that will do 4/4 around BGAs and then > > > switch to 5/5 or 8/8 outside that region! -:) > > > > > > ds > > > > > > edsi wrote: > > > > > > > > Joe and Dennis, > > > > This company has no affiliation with Altium. Yes I agree ELECTRA is > the routing solution for all of Altium's products. > > > > Dennis, it will do BGAs, it will do it all. When importing back from > the router, it exhibits the same chararteristics as Spectra. Every via is > converted to 28 mils. Double hits are common on Vias, but this is a minor > problem compared to the quality of routing. The full version will set you > back another 3K. I probably can save that if I can buy PCB ala carte from > Protel since I have no use for their other add ons. > > > > > > > > Mike Reagan > > > > EDSI > > > > Frederick MD > > > > > > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > > > > From: Dennis Saputelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Reply-To: "Protel EDA Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2004 11:28:34 -0800 > > > > > > > > >what does it cost ? > > > > >how does it like BGAs? > > > > > > > > > >does it still convert all the via holes to 28 or is that a protel > bug? > > > > > > > > > >maybe altium should give up and just buy the ELECTRA company ? > > > > > > > > > >ds > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >edsi wrote: > > > > >> > > > > >> Hello All, > > > > >> > > > > > > -- > > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > > Integrated Controls, Inc. 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