What is with all the design freeware? Has the market changed so much that software has become a loss leader? And if so, on what products will CAD developers earn a profit, given that they don’t have hardware divisions?
With every passing year most OEMs are becoming a little more reliant on the supply chain and therefore a little less reliant on themselves. I’m not sure this is a good thing.
A few months after I became editor of PC FAB (the precursor to this magazine), I ran into Dieter Bergman. We had worked together for the six years just prior, during which time I had developed tremendous respect and affection for the big guy.