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From: mjw@aluxp
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Subject: Re: Re: PD Communications Program Wanted
Message-ID: <318@aluxp>
Date: Wed, 30-Apr-86 23:41:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Apr 30 23:41:00 1986
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In article <600@kepler.UUCP> mojo@kepler.UUCP (Morris Jones) writes:
>
>I wonder if there's anything to be found in the professionally developed
>software that does any better?
>
>Mojo
>... Morris Jones, MicroPro Product Development
>{lll-crg,ptsfa,dual,well,pyramid}!micropro!kepler!mojo

	Just a mild flame.  I find it very interesting that you seem to be
indicating that persons/companies who chose to distribute their products as
'shareware' are not 'professional' developers.  Does MicroPro encourage you
to attack this concept?

	I happen to believe that products such as PROCOMM, PIBTERM, PC WRITE,
CED, FANSI-CONSOLE, etc. are some of the best in their performance vs. price
ratios.  Most of these products are revised at short intervals when users
report problems and the corrections are available to all within a short amount
of time on LOCAL, PUBLIC resources.  The key point here is that the authors of
these products communicate DIRECTLY with their users and are RECEPTIVE to their
customers' suggestions for improvement as well as correction of problem areas.
Users' need not wait for the next major release for bugs to be fixed or
surrender a disk to get an update.

	MicroPro does market some very good software.  In my opinion it is
incredibly overpriced; I tend to avoid it whenever possible and deliberately
look for a 'shareware' product that will perform the needed function (even if
I can get my employer to pick up the tab).

	To all the authors of software distributed as 'shareware', keep up the
good work and thank you for your faith in the user community!

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