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Subject: Re: DMCS "quiet" upgrade ... sleazy business practices
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Date: Thu, 30-Apr-87 22:45:42 EDT
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Posted: Thu Apr 30 22:45:42 1987
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Keywords: DMCS Electronic Arts sleazy upgrade quiet silent business
Summary: Manx comes through - package in the mail when I got home...

My previous net note said:
> As I said, I don't want to become a Manx beta test site.  I hope that they
> will soon send me an upgrade, and what's more I hope it won't be the same
> upgrade the rest of you got four months ago that has the The Three Bugs in
> it.  Their compliance with this sweet notion of mine is what will decide
> for me whether their business practices are sleazy or not...
> 								Howard Hull
I got home and found the Manx upgrade had arrived today in the mail.  It must
have been on the way even as I wrote the above, and was probably in a sort
bin at the downtown PO at the time.  I am happy to report that the package
meets my expectations exactly, and I didn't have to beat on them to get it.
The package contained a two-page addenda describing the evolution of the
3.40a revision & mods, so I have indeed benefited by merely being (somewhat)
patient, as described above.  It is a trifle tardy, but I was not too bothered
by that.  There are many good improvements, and I can hardly wait to try out
the new math libraries!

To some extent, I suppose this lends some credence to the notion that EA is
in remiss (so far, anyway) in not announcing at least the intent to upgrade
DMCS and DP2; however, as I pointed out previously, they may be in the early
stages of a smooth progression to a generally available upgrade.  Certainly
they did make an upgrade available from DP1 to DP2, and the upgrade had only
a few bugs - or, in other words, was of entirely acceptable quality for the
price they asked.  Well, I think I've said enough about this - thanks for
your tolerance, everyone.
 [If yet unproven concepts are outlawed in the range of discussion...
                  ...Then only the deranged will discuss yet unproven concepts]
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