<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>free trial</title><link>/products/manufacturers/altium/b/blog/posts/free-trial</link><description>I&amp;#39;m new to this software and im trying to get the 30 day free trial, but when i fill the form to get ir, i get the error &amp;quot;An error occurred. Please try again later&amp;quot;. I tried reinstalling the software, restarting my computer an...</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: free trial</title><link>https://community.element14.com/products/manufacturers/altium/b/blog/posts/free-trial</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2024 19:58:39 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:5f1ffb3e-ed38-40a9-bef7-f918d0d58648</guid><dc:creator>shabaz</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#39;s not worth it. It has not been updated for more than 5 years. The forum here doesn&amp;#39;t show many benefits of CS, just all the problems people have been having in getting responses from Altium, and frustrations that the software is not updated.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If you are able to do so (i.e., if you are not being mandated to use CS), you&amp;#39;d be better off using better-supported software. An example is&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="https://www.kicad.org/download/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" data-e14adj="t"&gt;KiCad 8&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=27794&amp;AppID=65&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>