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From: kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Red Ryder performance at 19.2K?
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Date: 5 Nov 88 16:22:22 GMT
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In article <762@esquire.UUCP> sbb@esquire.UUCP (Stephen B. Baumgarten) writes:
>Maybe Microphone II is better [than Miniterm], but it's not a fair comparison
>until the
>Microphone people cut about $200 off their price...

Why should people who write communications software receive so little 
compensation for their work? Is it that much easier and quicker to write
that kind of software than other kinds? (I'd not a programmer, don't know
much about communications, etc., so I'm really asking this question
sincerely).

I used Microphone (the original) at my last job. Before we bought the Macs,
our dealer had to prove to us that we could transmit the NBI documents. No
one knew what kind of a cable we needed. The Microphone people supported
their product in the trial even though we had not yet bought it.

Also, I saw a copy of the Microphone II manual (the draft in 8 1/2 x 11-inch
format) and I was impressed by the amount of help they gave the novice in
understanding communications terminology. I don't mind paying for that kind
of support and documentation.

Shirley Kehr