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From: ake@dayton.saic.com (Earle Ake)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm
Subject: Re: JR-Comm 1.02 ANSI bugfix patch/.
Message-ID: <1991Apr17.115729.1567@dayton.saic.com>
Date: 17 Apr 91 15:57:29 GMT
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In article <1991Apr13.182204.16448@unlinfo.unl.edu>, 231b3678@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz) writes:
> In article <1217@faatcrl.UUCP> jprad@faatcrl.UUCP (Jack Radigan) writes:
>>manes@vger.nsu.edu ((Mark D. Manes), Norfolk State University) writes:
>>
>>>Eh?  1.02?  Are the registered users (namely me!) going to be upgraded
>>>to 1.02??
>>
>>  Sorry, but $30 does not buy you unlimited disks in the mail.  You will
>  
> Oh come on now!  You expect people to pay $30 bucks, and not send them a .39
> cent disk,a .19 cent mailer, and .50 postage?  Yeah, I guess you'll only be
> profiting $29 rather than $30.

	If I do remember correctly Jack has said that if you send him your
original disk that he will put the newer version on it and send it back to you.
That seems more than fair to me.  Come on, it will only cost you .50 since
Jack has already given you the disk and mailer to use!

	I don't have the registration form for 1.0 but according to the 0.94a
registration form, "The author, Jack Radigan, reserves the right to not
develop any future versions of JR-Comm after the release of version 1.0".
Futhermore, "The author, Jack Radigan, will try to make a good faith attempt
at correcting any problems if any are discovered, but is in no way required,
nor bound to correct them."  If that's the same form you signed, Jack is going
beyond the bounds of the initial agreement by offering to send registered
users 1.1 when it is available.  He is also not bound to fix bugs but is doing
so anyway.


> Yes we all know how much time it took you to make it, and we all know how
> great it is, but at least have the respect for the customer.
>  
> Phil Dietz


> ps. oh yeah.  How many versions are you going to make?  As long as you
> make less than 30 you'll still come out on top!

	Hey Phil, why not write some software yourself.  I'll send you $30 as
long as you fix any bugs found and agree to send me free of charge ALL updates
as long as you improve the program.  Sounds good to me, huh?  I don't think
even software companies could stay in business very long at those rates.


Earle

P.S. Phil, have some respect for the author and the amount of time he has put
into it.  I am happy if software houses offer me the chance to upgrade to
better releases of their software for $10 or less.


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