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From: rdippold@maui.qualcomm.com (Ron Dippold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Borland C++
Message-ID: <1991Feb20.222124.15514@qualcomm.com>
Date: 20 Feb 91 22:21:24 GMT
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In article <1536@msa3b.UUCP> torre@msa3b.UUCP (Patrick Torre) writes:
>
>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!!
>
>Borland could make good money on the quality of their products
>but instead they milk their "loyal" customers.       
>

Geez, you don't HAVE to buy the upgrade.  I for one am glad that they are
improving their software so fast.  Those who don't need the extra power can
use what they had, and those who need it will be glad that it's available.

This is the same basic dilemma as most hardware companies have.  If they don't
bring out new versions quick, users bitch because they are no longer at the
cutting edge of technology.  If they bring out new versions quick, people bitch
because they feel obsolete.  No matter what they do, people will whine, it's
a no-win situation as far as that goes.