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From: bpendlet@esunix.UUCP (Bob Pendleton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.lang.modula2,comp.lang.pascal
Subject: Re: *** NEW Modula-2 Product *** (Press Release)
Message-ID: <418@esunix.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 29-Jul-87 11:59:05 EDT
Article-I.D.: esunix.418
Posted: Wed Jul 29 11:59:05 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 1-Aug-87 11:10:30 EDT
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Organization: Evans & Sutherland, Salt Lake City, Utah
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Xref: mnetor comp.sys.amiga:6975 comp.lang.modula2:252 comp.lang.pascal:225

in article <1168@killer.UUCP>, ldf@killer.UUCP (Leon Frenkel) says:
> Xref: esunix comp.sys.amiga:6433 comp.lang.modula2:248 comp.lang.pascal:193
> 
> BENCHMARK MODULA-2: SOFTWARE CONSTRUCTION SET FROM OXXI
> SETS NEW STANDARD FOR PROGRAMMING PRODUCTIVITY
> 
> The suggested retail price for this incredible product is only $199.
> 
> In addition the following add-on products are available for Benchmark 
> Modula-2.

> Each of the products described below has a suggested retail price of $99.
> 
> 1.  "C" Language Standard Library:  This add-on product implements many 
> 2.  Simplified Amiga Libraries:  This add-on product is useful to both the 
> 3. IFF Libraries, Graphic Image Resource Management: This add-on 

This is the kind of product I've been waiting for. If it is real it could
be truely wonderful. But, how much memory does it require? How much disk
space does it use? What is their upgrade policy? How about bug fixes? What
about technical support? What kind of documentation is supplied? What
dealers are going to carry this product? Is it copy protected? How are
the manuals printed? Is it 2nd or 3rd edition Modula-2 or is it standards
committee Modula-2?

If I buy the first release of a $500 software product I expect free, and
immediate, bug fixes and upgrades for at least a year. And there is noway
I will buy it without a "test drive" at a dealer.

If it were priced at $50 plus $25 for each add-on and I knew it would run
on a 512K dual drive A1000, I'd have a check in the mail today. But instead
of giving me useful information they wasted net bandwidth telling me
that the president of the company helped sell some piece of software that
I've only heard bad things about. Well maybe that is useful.

Sorry for the flaming tone of this message, but I got very upset wading
through all the hype about a product I REALLY WANT and not finding any
technical information! I guess I'll just have to wait for a review in
BYTE, and hope Go Amigo, offers it for a good price.

		Bob Pendleton
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