Re: Altium Protel?



On 30 Aug 2005 07:52:25 -0700, Eric wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> My company currently uses Altium's PCAD 2004 and are considering
> switching to Altium Protel 2004.
>
> For the people using Protel, how do you like it?
>
> Are there any "quirks" that I should know about using Protel?

Most of the complaints you will hear from Protel users will be directed at
Altium's business policies - focusing on attracting new users with feature
bloat rather than fixing long standing bugs, indifference to existing
customers' needs etc. - but since you are already an Altium customer this
shouldn't shock you.

>
> In general I've heard good things about Protel. There will be some
> growing pains, but switching to any other CAD would have similar
> issues.

Indeed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric

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