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From: isr@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Michael S. Schechter - ISR group account)
Subject: Re: Norton Utils and Excel
Message-ID: <1990Aug28.144006.17059@rodan.acs.syr.edu>
Organization: Institute for Sensory Research
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Date: Tue, 28 Aug 90 14:40:06 GMT

In article <1990Aug23.070322.9301@world.std.com> boris@world.std.com (Boris Levitin) writes:
>Aside from the practicalities of this particular issue, I wonder why certain
>users refuse to upgrade to current versions of their software.  I understand
>upgrading is sometimes expensive, but it's the only way the publisher can 
>fix bugs, compatibility problems and design flaws, and to add new features.
    .      .      .         .        .     .
>of the publishers of well-behaved programs such as Norton Utils to accomodate
>outdated, ill-mannered software such as Excel 1.5 just because some NUM
>customers insist on running this relic.
>Boris Levitin
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>(The opinions expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily coincide 
>with those of my employer or anyone else.  The WGBH tag is for ID only.)

Perhaps the expense of upgrading ($99 for Excel, up to $125 for some programs)
isn't too bad whn you are upgrading 1 or even 2. But when 
you have a department full of people, even a small one with
only 30 or so, and you don't have a lot of money availible
it quickly adds up. let's see, 30 users times an 
upgrade price of $100 times maybe 5 packages a year..
(Excel, Cricket Graph,MacDraw->MacDraw II, Word, PageMaker
the list goes on and on)
just that quick example is $15000. just for upgrades.
No thank you, I think I'll struggle along and instead use
old system version that won't crash the software.
(and free/share ware to replace commercial packages whenever
possible)

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Mike Schechter, Computer Engineer,Institute Sensory Research, Syracuse Univ.
InterNet: Mike_Schechter@isr.syr.edu isr@rodan.syr.edu Bitnet: SENSORY@SUNRISE