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From: amercer@thor.wright.edu (Art Mercer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Ultracard Annonymous, for people sick of betaware!
Message-ID: <871@thor.wright.EDU>
Date: 8 Dec 89 15:24:42 GMT
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From article <985@madnix.UUCP>, by robert@madnix.UUCP (Robert Moldenhauer):
>> I am tired of programs that are in reality betaware being passed off as a finished
>> Product.  UltraCard gurus all the time, has a miserable instruction manual and
>> is slower than Dan Quayle.  The developers disk they promised to ship in July
>> still isn't here and I am thoroughly pissed off at Jay Minor for letting his
>> name be associated with this junkware.  My advice, save your US$ 50 and wait 
>> for CanDo.
>> 
>> -- 
>> Robert Moldenhauer                              One People

Right on Robert!  In fact, I have UltraCard and a letter packaged and ready
to send back.  I have taken a zero tolerance stand with this kind of trash.
I've tried using UltraCard on 4 different Amiga's, all with the same results.

What I have started doing is to let the developer's know that I want nothing
more from them, not an update, refund, NOTHING!  And that I'll not purchase
any further products from the company.

Besides being a royal pain for us long time Amiga users, software this
flakey really puts off first-time buyers and strengthens the myth that
the Amiga is not a "stable" machine.

I've been in the computing business for more than 15 years and have
learned not to expect perfect - bug free software, but I do expect
it to be somewhat usable.

In a time when the honest supportive developers ( and the Amiga
itself) are struggling, we need fewer stories like yours and mine.

Art Mercer
Associate Director, Academic Computing Resources
Wright State University
Col. Glenn Hwy
Dayton, OH 45435

BITNET:  amercer@wsu.bitnet

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