[HN Gopher] Renesas Buys Altium
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       Renesas Buys Altium
        
       Author : AdamH12113
       Score  : 32 points
       Date   : 2024-02-15 19:20 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.renesas.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.renesas.com)
        
       | stefan_ wrote:
       | This is like a console maker buying a game studio (think
       | Microsoft buying Blizzard). There really are no "good for
       | customers" synergies here.
        
         | NikkiA wrote:
         | A 'broader market' may well mean it's no longer $20,000 per
         | seat.
        
           | beambot wrote:
           | They really should just shift to a usage-based model billed
           | hourly...
        
         | jollyoldpirate wrote:
         | This is off-topic but I disagree with this comparison.
         | Microsoft Game Studios has consistently been a great producer
         | of video games going all the way back to when they first
         | started. Blizzard has been destroyed from inside with
         | Activision and their leadership left as a result of that to
         | open up new studios. I'm optimistic about a return to form
         | under Microsoft, but I am also aware we can't step into the
         | same river twice and it's not the golden age of blizzard games
         | anymore.
        
       | phendrenad2 wrote:
       | Why do I get the feeling this is an information raid. Renesas
       | buys Altium, does lots of analytics on users to find industry
       | trends, and then splits Altium off again. Meanwhile, Renesas'
       | products suddenly get a lot more in-tune with customer needs.
        
       | reaperman wrote:
       | KiCad will be even more relevant going forward as Altium quality
       | inevitably craters (ever so slowly) under Renesas leadership.
       | That said, KiCad has a lot of work to do[0] to prepare for that
       | transition period and start wooing Altium customers. Otherwise
       | someone else will have to step in.
       | 
       | 0:
       | https://www.reddit.com/r/diypedals/comments/14bz17c/comment/...
        
         | NikkiA wrote:
         | Altium cratered in quality about 10 minutes after it ceased
         | being Protel, first because of their braindead attempt to turn
         | it into a generic FPGA layout system, then by their insistance
         | on making it cloud based.
        
       | sitkack wrote:
       | I liked it so much I bought the company.
        
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