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From: richc@vaxwaller.UUCP (Rich Commins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Intuition's "dont mess with these" fields...
Message-ID: <1240@vaxwaller.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Nov-87 13:54:22 EST
Article-I.D.: vaxwalle.1240
Posted: Thu Nov 12 13:54:22 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 14-Nov-87 20:28:55 EST
References: <1961@amiga.amiga.UUCP> <1825@cadovax.UUCP> <2631@cbmvax.UUCP> <1860@cadovax.UUCP>
Organization: Varian Instruments, Walnut Creek CA
Lines: 31
Keywords: Intuition verboten nopokenzefields
Summary: rev upgrade costs?

In article <1860@cadovax.UUCP>, keithd@cadovax.UUCP (Keith Doyle) writes:
> I'm sorry if you took it that way.  What I was trying to do (and obviously
> failed) was to impart a sense of urgency to the problem, as the disks
> go to the duplicator *very soon*.

	I think we all could learn to be better diplomats, but its very
	hard after spending many hours tracing down the bug in the system
	(Sometimes it *is* cockpit error) 8^) .  The intent is **constructive**
	comments and critisism and not **destructive** remarks.  If we all
	try harder we'll all win big my making the AMIGA the best it can be.
> 
> schedule, and it is imperative that we meet it.  If you found my tone
> threatening, it was not intended, rather a desperate cry for "help! how
> do I fix it so it's right, so I don't have to send out free upgrades to a
						         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> darn inexpensive (read: I can't afford it) package when 1.3 comes out!".  
> What came back seemed like "how long can you tread water?" from my perspective.

	Why free upgrades?  Why not just charge enough to cover costs,
	say around $8.00.  This would reduce the urgency of the problem,
	and not make you go broke in the process.  I personally find this
	approach reasonable compared to not offering a fixed disk until
	a major upgrade is made available, then force the user to buy the
	upgrade just to fix the bug (ala EA).


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