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From: rsilvers@hawk.ulowell.edu (Robert Silvers)
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Subject: Re: Game Updates (was Re: Falcon)
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Date: 9 Jan 89 07:03:37 GMT
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>
>Well, after 3 years as part of the Amiga developer community, I can safely say
>that in 99% of the cases sending in the registration is 50% of the job of
>getting (free or for-a-fee) updates.  The next 50% involves calling the
>company and ASKING for the update.  At this point in time, Amiga companies 
>simply cannot afford the extra expense of sending out notices of upgrades,

>-- Marco Papa 'Doc'

     True, you have to ask for an update.  This is reasonable.  If you have
had no problems with the old one, then maybe you never ran into the bug.  It
would cost them to much to send out copies to all.  Except in the case of a
very expensive program like Word Perfect and Sculpt-4D.  All of the programs
you listed as giving upgrades were expensive programs.  Not games.  There
was a bug in an early release of Sculpt-4D.  They send me an upgrade promptly 
when I reported it.  This was even before I got around to sending in the
registration card.  I just gave them the serial number.

.RS

Robert Silvers.                               rsilvers@hawk.ulowell.edu
Box #1003 University of Lowell.                                   
Lowell Ma, 01854                                                    
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