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From: jep@mtiame.oz (Jesper Peterson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Superbase and Arexx
Message-ID: <264@mtiame.oz>
Date: 24 Aug 90 03:11:26 GMT
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In article <1990Aug21.130544.6519@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG> xanthian@zorch.SF-Bay.ORG (Kent Paul Dolan) writes:
<In article <27994@nigel.ee.udel.edu> RN6%WINDSOR1.bitnet@ugw.utcs.utoronto.ca (Blair Middleton) writes:
<<[question: how to use superbase with arexx]
<
<Somehow I'd have thought companies trying to sell in the Amiga market
<would have caught on by now.  The Superbase folks claim to be "AREXX
<compatible" but omit any documentation telling how to use this purported
<facility.

The docs for how to use Superbase from ARexx are in the latest printing
of the manual. I Emailed the relevant part (not sure if it got through
but it hasn't bounced yet).

<  Blair, in all innocence, having spent big bucks for this
<package, says "where's the docs on how to use this AREXX" feature, and
<the company tells him he's going to have to cough up lots more money
<to get the docs that were irresponsibly omitted from the original shrink
<wrap product.

My registration card (not yet sent of) says 90 days tech assistance
the $75 is per year for ongoing support as well as cheaper upgrades and
free updates.

While this may be a bit steep it could be that Precision Software have
been stung by a flood of technical calls in the past. Don't forget
Superbase is available on the Atari ST as well and those users are pretty
stupid [Mine is literally in the closet].

<[stuff deleted]
<
<Haven't the vendors learned?  AMIGA USERS KISS AND TELL!  Screw with just
<ONE customer, and the world finds out, your rep goes through the floor,
<rapidly followed by the trend line on your sales chart.
<
<An oft told story.  How many companies aren't selling in the Amiga
<market any more after the word got out on USENet, or Compuserve, or
<BIX, or Fidonet, or Genie, or PeopleLink, or ...

This can also be pretty dangerous, I think a larger body of evidence
should be required before we take it upon ourselves to shoot down
developers and traders though some undoubtedly deserve it.

>[stuff deleted]

Jesper.
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