So for all of the complaining about Eagle being purchased by Autodesk, ther=
e is some silver linings, at least for me.

I've been running on version 4.16, professional version, for...well..as you=
 can see from the version, quite a long time.

Prior to being bought by Element14, they had a decent upgrade path, I belie=
ve it was version 5 I was looking at then, but for the most part I could co=
ntinue to do my projects in 4.16.  I played with the upgrades, and so I've =
gotten comfortable with the new features, etc.  But when Element14 purchase=
d them, they did away with a very generous upgrade path, and if you had a v=
ersions that were older than 2 revs....had to buy the whole thing.

Bummer, that's $1400ish.  Ouch.

Well new project arrives, and client wants to review the designs in process=
 so....have to use the new version.  First board was small enough, but the =
next one exceeds the free size.

Autodesk reverted back to the old upgrade pricing structure, so now I can g=
et the latest version for only $377, much easier on the budget.

Glad I waited :-)


This is not to elicit responses to how good or bad Autodesk support policie=
s are, or why not use another 'free' package...diptrace, etc.   I happen to=
 like Eagle, I also have used Altium, Allegro, OrCad and blue/red tape on p=
lastic (Bishops Graphics...remember them?)
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