> On 2016-01-08, at 14:42, Justin <shadow@darksideresearch.com> wrote: > > I’m a bit surprised by the complaints here because the “Make Personal” version of Eagle (which I use) is basically targeted directly at the hacker/hobbyist/tinkerer and is $169. That gets you 6 signal layers and 160x100mm routing area. That seems like reasonable bang for the buck considering what it does and what it includes. Everyone else on this list is a more hard core hardware hacker than me (including probably the guy that asked about good tutorials today!) so maybe my use fits easily in that because I’m not doing anything all that complicated. My problems with Make Personal are: - I can't (legally) sell anything (not even to cover the costs of producing some tiniest protos) - I don't fit on 6.4"x4" routing area with some projects - I can't (legally) have multiple installations In order to alleviate at least the first two - I am at $1640, not $169. OK, if I drop the autorouter, which admittedly isn't that much useful beyond rapid prototyping, then I land at $1145.. Not that it is some kind of astronomical number but since I paid them already twice, I'd expect at least some flexibility / upgrade path that wouldn't render my previous investments nullified. The "these (pay whole $1640) are our conditions - you are not obliged to buy if you don't like them" approach doesn't give much trust that even if I do, who knows if at the next version they don't decide to tell me something similar. Don't get me wrong - I like the software and I am so used to it and its quirks that it really makes it hard to think of dropping it. It's not the product. The product is truly great! It's the lack of trust in the licencing that pushes me away. -- SD! Message was sent through the cbm-hackers mailing listReceived on 2016-01-08 15:00:09
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