Awesome!  And thanks for posting this, as I wasn't aware of this. I've=20
been in the same boat, holding off on upgrades after the Newark purchase=20
as they exhibited sketchy behaviour in the past, and was shocked to see=20
there was not consideration for my 4.16r2 full license.  Glad to see=20
Autodesk bringing back an upgrade path.  My alternate thought (though I=20
had not strong reason to need anything else yet) was to start looking at=20
KiCad and other open-source/free alternatives.

FWIW, my dealings with Autodesk for Inventor support, and specifically=20
for the free FIRST robotics CAD offerings, have been very positive.
FWIW2, Eagle US support (in S. Florida) are very helpful and and will=20
work with you on any concern.  I've been over there and met some of the=20
guys.  Good people.

Cheers,
-Neil.



On 8/18/2016 10:57 AM, Harrison Cooper wrote:
> So for all of the complaining about Eagle being purchased by Autodesk, th=
ere is some silver linings, at least for me.
>
> I've been running on version 4.16, professional version, for...well..as y=
ou can see from the version, quite a long time.
>
> Prior to being bought by Element14, they had a decent upgrade path, I bel=
ieve it was version 5 I was looking at then, but for the most part I could =
continue to do my projects in 4.16.  I played with the upgrades, and so I'v=
e gotten comfortable with the new features, etc.  But when Element14 purcha=
sed them, they did away with a very generous upgrade path, and if you had a=
 versions 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 proce=
ss so....have to use the new version.  First board was small enough, but th=
e next one exceeds the free size.
>
> Autodesk reverted back to the old upgrade pricing structure, so now I can=
 get 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 polic=
ies 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=
 plastic (Bishops Graphics...remember them?)
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