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From: wiseman@tellabs.com (Jeff Wiseman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Excel 3.0 upgrade offer
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Date: 22 Apr 91 22:49:51 GMT
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In article <10959@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> blissmer@expert.cc.purdue.edu (Corey) writes:
>In article <4504@ac.dal.ca> limoges@ac.dal.ca writes:
>>If I recall, MacWeek mentionned that the upgrade price for Excel 3.0 will be
>>$149!! I bought an 'educational' version of Excel 2.2 (same program and docs,
 <<stuff deleted>>
>
>them, by destroying their leadership in the spreadsheet category.  I will
>not consider buying another Microsoft product after this, and I think I am
>not alone in questioning Microsoft's tactics and pricing.

I learned MY lesson back when they wanted to charge $100 to upgrade to v2.X.
All I wanted was for the program to used the memory in my mac the way it should
have in 1.5. Microsoft is one of the those companies that it appears (IMHO :-)
to be more interested in adding features instead of stabilizing there products.
Yes, they do a lot to stabilize but it is always rolled in with new "features"
so if all you want is a stable package you'll NEVER get it (ie. there is always
a new feature added with the fixes so there is something new to not work).

I Just knew this would happen after their last upgrade so I made my mac a
"Microsoft free zone" a year ago.

Unfortunatly, I think that as long as the majority of these packages are going
to buisnesses and not being paid for directly from individual's pockets, this
type of thing will likely continue.


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