Re: "Matlab to Scilab for Dummies" anywhere?


Joerg wrote:
Hello Joel,


Future sales is what companies believe will happen. But then the
student-turned-engineer files a cap-ex and his new boss throws it right
back at him with a big red X across it.

Depends a lot on the company; I believe that The Mathworks probably has a
large number of copies being used at all the Big Electronic Design Houses
(Intel, Tektronix, Skyworks, Motorola anyone doing DSP, etc.)

Maybe I should sign up for studies of philosophy or whatever and then
order? But that wouldn't be righteous.

I've thought of doing that just to get IEEE conference price reductions. :-)
(Are you an IEEE member, Joerg? It seems to me that the prices of most
everything they do these days is high enough that it's seldom justifiable
unless you're working for those big guys... or in academia...)


Yes, I am a member (UFFC, EMBS).


Some EDA pricing clearly has spiraled out of sanity. OTOH that inspires
new companies to jump in. When OrCad went to >$1.7K just for the schematic
package I simply pulled the plug on them and switched to Cadsoft. Haven't
regretted it. Even if Cadence now came back with a really sweet teaser
offer it'll be too late.

There's a lot of overpriced EDA software out there, yet plenty of companies
(cough... CADENCE... cough... MENTOR GRAPHICS... cough!) seem able to to get
others to buy it on a continual basis.


It's not just EDA. Got a dentist bill in the mail today and almost blew
a gasket. A whopping $400 (four hundred!) for well under an hour's work.
Should have become a dentist. They can bill whatever they want, they
aren't regulated, clients are almost hostage once in the chair, it's a
gold mine.

Goodness, didn't you get an estimate, or a second opinion, before your
dentist began work?

About a year ago, we switched dentists (bad service); our new dentist
wanted to do about $500 worth of major crown work for my wife. Decided
to get a second opinion. Second opinion said the crows weren't
necessary; only a filling. We switched dentists again to that one
ASAP.

Michael

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