<html><head></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div style="font-family:verdana, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div>I realized I did not give OrCad a test-run. I am currently download a trial version and was wondering if the group can notate some pros and cons. So far Eagle is my goto.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydp98920b9dsignature"><div><font size="2">Sincerely, <br> </font></div><div><font size="2">Chris Juried <br>Audio Engineering Society (AES) <var id="ydp98920b9dyui-ie-cursor"></var>Member <br>InfoComm-Recognized AV Technologist</font><span class="ydp98920b9dpostbody"><br><a href="http://www.JuriedEngineering.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.JuriedEngineering.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.TubeEquipment.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.TubeEquipment.com</a> <br><a href="http://www.HistoryOfRecording.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.HistoryOfRecording.com</a> <br></span><a href="http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjuried" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisjuried</a><br></div><div><font size="3"><font size="2"><b>Email:</b> <a href="mailto:CJuried@yahoo.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">CJuried@yahoo.com</a> <br><b>Voice:</b> (954) 478-4355 <br><br><br>This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any distribution or copying of this email, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify me at (954) 300-9972 and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof.</font></font><br></div></div></div>
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On Sunday, July 1, 2018, 4:11:15 PM EDT, Jay Schwichtenberg <jschwich53@comcast.net> wrote:
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<div><div dir="ltr">I know I don't like the subscription software business model either. My main<br clear="none">hobby is photography and that's the only way to get Photoshop and Lightroom<br clear="none">now.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">At least the way I see it (and I'm a software engineer) the software<br clear="none">business was not setup to really succeed over time. The solution to that is<br clear="none">software by subscription.<br clear="none"> <br clear="none">Basically a software business needs to do one of several things to survive<br clear="none">over time.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">It needs to add features to the software and obsolete old software so you<br clear="none">pay money to update to the new versions. But as time goes on most of the<br clear="none">bugs are fixed and the software gets to the point there the features being<br clear="none">added are something 2% of the customers would use. So the software stagnates<br clear="none">and doesn't bring any more money into the company.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Next is they have to come up with new software and increase their product<br clear="none">line and generate new revenue from that. But that is not necessarily<br clear="none">something easy. Sort of like the one hit wonder in the music industry. The<br clear="none">first product is great but it took you 10 years to get it out the door and<br clear="none">then you need to do the next one in a year or two to get the revenue up<br clear="none">again.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Last is the software subscription plan. Here the company will get revenue<br clear="none">over a period of time and be able to keep fingers typing.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Jay S.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-----Original Message-----<br clear="none">From: Synth-diy [mailto:<a shape="rect" href="mailto:synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">synth-diy-bounces@synth-diy.org</a>] On Behalf Of Richie<br clear="none">Burnett<br clear="none">Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2018 6:04 AM<br clear="none">To: jarno.verhoeven; SYNTH DIY<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [sdiy] Eagle for PCB Layout<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Same here. I've used Eagle for years, on may commercial projects and hobby <br clear="none">projects, and think it's pitched just right in terms of the complexity vs <br clear="none">ease of use trade-off. But Autodesk have really messed up a good thing with<br clear="none"><br clear="none">the introduction of the subscription model. Maybe i'm showing my age, but I<br clear="none"><br clear="none">strongly believe that if you buy some software you should own it for life. <br clear="none">You don't pay again and again for the luxury of being able to continue using<br clear="none"><br clear="none">it (>.<)<br clear="none"><br clear="none">-Richie,<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">-----Original Message----- <br clear="none">From: jarno.verhoeven<br clear="none">Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2018 1:43 PM<br clear="none">To: SYNTH DIY<br clear="none">Subject: Re: [sdiy] Eagle for PCB Layout<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">"I've got an Eagle 7.5.0 licence for 160x100mm board size, and intend to<br clear="none">never ever upgrade to the subscription model."<br clear="none"><br clear="none">+1.<br clear="none">Bought my license in december, during the holiday period, when it was <br clear="none">activated in january, cadsoft was bought by autodesk, and they were going to<br clear="none"><br clear="none">switch to subscriptions. Cursed a little when I heard the news, but then, I <br clear="none">hate subscriptions and 7.5 is fine, I do not encounter any bugs, all <br clear="none">functionality is there.<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">Verzonden vanaf mijn Samsung Galaxy-smartphone.<br clear="none"><br clear="none">Virus-free. www.avg.com<br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Synth-diy mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy </a><div class="ydp5e5e30feyqt3114096691" id="ydp5e5e30feyqtfd65666"><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Synth-diy mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><br clear="none"><br clear="none">_______________________________________________<br clear="none">Synth-diy mailing list<br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="mailto:Synth-diy@synth-diy.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a><br clear="none"><a shape="rect" href="http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://synth-diy.org/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><br clear="none"></div></div></div>
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