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[Banter] What is the worst software you have used for its price?
TimNJ:
$500 to Chroma (ATE) for a horrendous 20 year old LabView based program to control an AC source from a PC GUI interface. I was reminded of the glorious early 2000’s color schemes of some programs. Hot pink + forest green anyone?
Oh and no free update path when they finally updated the godforsaken thing a year ago to support additional hardware features. Dish out another $500 if you want it.
VK3DRB:
--- Quote from: free_electron on May 20, 2022, 01:09:38 am ---ooh. i got another one. LabWindows on Solaris....
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Labwindows is actually pretty good, but yes overpriced. You can use C# and DLLs instead. NI is a bit of a ripoff.
VK3DRB:
--- Quote from: ajb on May 19, 2022, 03:55:04 pm ---Wow, I came here to say Altium. I haven't dabbled in the others, but my impression has been that they all tend to have a worse user experience or are missing a lot of the graphical control options that Altium has (even if most of what Altium has is half-baked and half-broken), which is part of what has me still putting up with it.
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Altium is WAY overpriced on it subscription costs :--. The cost has increased a lot over the years. It is now $A 2,400 for a one year's subscription. I reluctantly renewed, but this will be the last time. They should give a $100 discount to a user for every verified new bug he reports.
nfmax:
DOORS
Very briefly, and many years ago, but still...
Halcyon:
Windows 10 -- Even free with a computer is too much.
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