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From: cnc@hpcilzb.HP.COM (Chris Christensen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: LSC 3.0
Message-ID: <730035@hpcilzb.HP.COM>
Date: 13 Jun 88 17:14:05 GMT
References: <327@ncar.ucar.edu>
Organization: HP Design Tech Center - Santa Clara, CA
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> 
> Repeat the litany after me:
> 
>         Give it to me now
>         Give it to me free
>         Make sure it runs on my PDP-3!
> 
Promise it now
Deliver it late
And to hell with the PDP-8

> 
> Would you people have been any happier with a $25 upgrade to LSC, and the
> new source level debugger being a separate product?
>
> Look at it this way. You're getting a source level debugger for $70. And,
> coincidentally, all of the OTHER things that are being shoved into LSC 3.0
> at the same time.

Granted that eventually I would like more memory, but currently few users
have 2 Meg. Many would rather not pay the inflated prices to obtain it.
The Mac is a great computer that is currently expensive and heading toward
overpriced. The upgade will not be $70 to me it will be $470+ with the
current memory prices. I was disappointed in $69 dollars for the upgrade,
but I was still planning on buying it. Now, I can't.

I do not want the upgrade for free. I would like to see Think grow and
thrive. They have made a good product and deserve to benifit from it.

But think back. For about a year we have heard about this wonderful
upgrade, this glorious upgrade, this needed upgrade. One of the reasons I
bought LSC at all, was that I heard that they were working on a source code
debugger.  I fell into the vaporware trap. Now, I know that it may not seem
like vaporware to you, but look at it from my point of view.

The invitations went out for the party of the year. I planned for it. I
bought the required tux. I cancel my other plans only to find out at the
last minute that I was not really invited. I could get my self reinvited
for another $400 that I do not have to spend. I am not mad. I am not
screaming as Chuq suggested.  I do feel left out.

Chris "all dressed up with no where to go" Christensen