Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!skank From: skank@iastate.edu (Skank George L) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: NEW Commodore Upgrade for A1000 Owners! Message-ID: <1991May26.070608.18927@news.iastate.edu> Date: 26 May 91 07:06:08 GMT References: <21865@cbmvax.commodore.com> <21931@cbmvax.commodore.com> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, IA Lines: 36 In article <21931@cbmvax.commodore.com> jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) writes: >In article mmm@reaper.Chi.IL.US (Michael Marvin Morrison) writes: >>In article <21865@cbmvax.commodore.com> jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) writes: >>if C= knows what the bug was then why not just report it to the company and >>have them fix it. > > We do when possible. Some no longer are updating/supporting their >products, some are out of business, some are busy with other projects, and >some aren't interested in the hassle of upgrades (especially for games). >Some, on the other hand, have even argued against us kludging a fix for >their program (these tend to be companies with good update policies to >begin with). > >>I simply can't imagine a company not willing to fix a piece of productivity >>software because it doesn't run under the new OS, especially if the problem >>was THEIR fault in the first place. > > Stretch and you'll manage it. After a couple of good stretches, I can imagine a reason or two why they wouldn't want to mess around with upgrades. It just seems to me that, for the most part, many fixes would be rather minor changes. Then, having made the change in the executable, you advertise and release a "software upgrade". Isn't this the main source of revenue for some companies anyway, software maintainence? --George >-- >Randell Jesup, Jack-of-quite-a-few-trades, Commodore Engineering. >{uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.cbm.commodore.com BIX: rjesup >Disclaimer: Nothing I say is anything other than my personal opinion. >"No matter where you go, there you are." - Buckaroo Banzai -- George L. Skank |Fast cars, fast women, fast computers... /// Senior, Electrical Engineering |Amiga! /// Iowa State University, Ames, IA | \\\ /// skank@iastate.edu |Phone: (515) 233-2165 \\X//