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From: uevans@ecsvax.UUCP (Elizabeth A. Evans)
Newsgroups: net.micro.pc
Subject: Re: dBASE III Problem - Routing to Printer
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 22:38:07 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun  3 22:38:07 1985
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Although I do a lot of printing from dBASE III, I haven't experienced
a problem with getting kicked out of dBASE when doing so.

However, even though I am an avowed dBASE user, I am becoming more
and more frustrated with Ashton-Tate's attitude.  J. Traill mentions
in his original article under this title that A-T doesn't
recognize him as "real" because he hasn't registered his product,
yet.  I **have** registered both a personal copy and a departmental
copy, and although I can get answers from their tech support people,
it almost invariably consists of "yes, we know that's a bug."

When dNews ceased publication, I asked A-T to finish out my subscription
with Tech Notes (regular price=$50 per year).  I missed the first
issue (no idea why), but noticed that in the Mar and Apr issues,
an announcement was made that updates to the manual *** as announced
in the Feb issue *** would no longer be accepted.  I'd love to
know how they can justify making an announcement like that **only**
to users who can afford the $50 a year, especially since the manual
is filled with syntax errors, page reference errors, and incon-
sistencies.  Furthermore, all the bug announcments are -- you 
guessed it -- announced in this publication.  I don't mind paying
$50 a year for technical tips, helpful hints, new ways to view
problems, etc, but I think vendors should send out announcements
of known ***bugs*** to all registered users at regular intervals.

Enough griping for one day --

-- Elizabeth A. Evans
   Department of Psychiatry
   UNC-CH School of Medicine
   Chapel Hill, NC  27514

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