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From: djohnson@beowulf.ucsd.edu (Darin Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Upgrading Aztec C
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Date: 2 Dec 89 19:34:37 GMT
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In article <24558@cup.portal.com> phorgan@cup.portal.com (Patrick John Horgan) writes:
>I've gotten all of the updates through the years, but I've always
>called THEM at the update number when I heard that one was coming...
>(I still think it should be more
>automagical)!

Same opinion here.  Before I upgraded to 3.6a, I had no idea that it
was available.  I had heard rumors about SDB, but nothing about the
compiler itself (and our USENET link was down for awhile).  So I
walked into the store one day, and lo and behold, there was 3.6a!  So
I waited a a couple weeks, assuming some sort of 3x5 card would arrive
in the mail telling me how to upgrade, since most of the other
products I owned sent notices every so often.  Eventually I gave up
and called some number hidden away in the manual.

It doesn't seem that unreasonable that companies send out notices of
new products.  In fact, if more people here about the availability of
upgrades, more people will get them (and in MANX's case, buy them),
paying for the cost of the mailing.  Believe it or not, there are a
lot of people who don't read USENET and don't have a reliable Amiga
store or user group close by, who have no way of knowing about
upgrades, except through magazines or word of mouth.


Darin Johnson
djohnson@ucsd.edu