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From: es1o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Eric Mitchell Snider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.games
Subject: My problem with Educorp
Message-ID: <8c9=MDO00VpdEGzEoW@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 6 May 91 01:49:03 GMT
Organization: Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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> Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.mac.games: 5-May-91 What's everyone's
> problem i.. Barry Campbell@chatham.u (481)

> Everyone seems to be boycotting them, but I haven't heard an intelligent
> answer yet from ANYONE I've asked why.

> Can someone on the net explain to me why Educorp is in such remarkable
> disfavor?

> Barry Campbell
> barry%chatham@duke.cs.duke.edu / UUCP: [...] mcnc!wolves!chatham!barry
> Chatham Host BBS 919 932 1142 / Chapel Hill, North Carolina


This is kind of strange... I saw Educorp mentioned in a post in regard
to SpaceShip Warlock and decided to post.  Then I saw this message which
is exactly what I wanted to talk about!

Anyway, I'm the author of some shareware games for the Mac (Forty
Thieves 2.1, etc.).  I remember being pretty excited when Educorp sent
me a letter and asked for my permission to distribute my games.  In
return for my agreement I was supposed to get around 5 disks from them
for free.  This sounded pretty great so I agreed and shipped off the
signed form.  After about a month I hadn't received the disks so I gave
them a call.  The guy I talked to said they must have gotten lost in the
mail and he'd be sure to send them right off.  Right.  I've never gotten
the disks.

In fact probably the thing that bugs me most right now is that they
don't bother to keep the latest versions of my programs either.  That's
pretty annoying.  I realize I've put my games out for public
distribution but I think Educorp is weaselly and I will never recommend
someone buy anything from them.  Have any other shareware authors had
any problems with Educorp?

Eric Snider
es1o+@andrew.cmu.edu