Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!hellgate!jacobs From: jacobs@cs.utah.edu (Steven R. Jacobs) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Borland C++ Message-ID: Date: 20 Feb 91 21:38:01 GMT References: <6843@mace.cc.purdue.edu> <540@shuksan.UUCP> <1536@msa3b.UUCP> Organization: University of Utah CS Dept Lines: 51 In-reply-to: torre@msa3b.UUCP's message of 19 Feb 91 22:44:45 GMT In article <1536@msa3b.UUCP> torre@msa3b.UUCP (Patrick Torre) writes: > mikey@shuksan.UUCP (Mike Fields) writes: >>I really appreciate paying $125 in Sept, getting the 1.01 upgrade >>which fixed the initial release in November 90 and now being told that >>I could have saved my $125 by waiting 6 months. Thanks a lot folks!! > > How many other people feel "screwed", > I have not yet had the chance to use TC++, > had to beg for the 1.01 upgrade (they wanted more money!) > It is installed but no time to use it yet, > and now there is something new, and cheaper than what I > paid for the first upgrade!! Yeah, I really hate how Borland has something better for less money. Gosh, I wish they would charge us all full price and not let us get sucked in by upgrades. I also wish they wouldn't improve their products so quickly. What can they be thinking? :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) What a bunch of whining weenies! I've bought every single upgrade since Turbo C 1.0 came out, and the total cost has still been less than the list price for the new Borland C++. It is really quite simple, folks. If you don't need the improved functionality of the upgrade, then don't buy it! Wait for the _next_ upgrade, and re-evaluate your position. Borland will probably have yet another upgrade in 6 to 9 months, so if this one isn't worth buying then don't buy it. This is called a free market. Awesome concept. > Borland could make good money on the quality of their products > but instead they milk their "loyal" customers. Do you expect them to supply free upgrades for life? Like Microsoft does? :-) > Lets let them know how we feel! > Kahn has written us enough letters, lets write him some! > we are the customers , we pay their bills. Go for it. 12 months from now, when you hear rumors that Borland has a new version of the compiler ready but won't release it for fear of customer backlash, you'll have something worse to bitch about. > dont let the sig fool you, I payed for TC++ with my > own cash. So did I. Versions 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, TC++, and now Borland C++. They were all worth it. -- Steve Jacobs ({bellcore,hplabs,uunet}!utah-cs!jacobs, jacobs@cs.utah.edu)