I disagree, you can test and test and still find problems. Even Microsoft produces patches. I'd rather have a patch than have to wait for a nej update.
> ----- Original Message ----- >From: Brenda Mueller <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 23:30:03 -0400 >Subject: re: [Braillenote] Current or "Out of Date" >Well said, I think, but here's another point. It is all well and good to >produce new products, but must they all go out needing patches? Do you know >what a patch is? It is evidence of lack of beta testing and the wish to keep >up with the Joans's. Supposing you bought a nice pair of jeans, one of those >$200 models. You get home, put them on, and later you notice you have >unneeded airconditioning in your back doorr. How about a free patch for that? >We shouldn't lower our expectations for computers. We expect jeans to wear >well. Why not computers? >Still I thank Dean for writing that patch for those who need it, but if the >right things had been done, maybe he would have been having dinner at home >with his wife or someone else special. Just a thought. >Brenda Mueller >> ----- Original Message ----- >>From: Kathy Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >>Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 05:34:54 -0700 >>Subject: [Braillenote] Current or "Out of Date" >>The concept of current vs "out of date" equipment is a hard one to get your >>head around let alone your emotions. ANything you can buy in the computer >>field is already out of date by the time it has gone into production and been >>put on the market for you to buy. You can't be on the cutting edge of >>technology unless you are there making the cuts, and then someone else is >>ahead of you doing something else. The computer I bought in January for >>$1100.00 was selling for $600 in May. Did they cheat me by not telling me >>the price was going to go down and there was going to be something faster and >>bigger and maybe even better in five months? Not at all. That's the nature >>of the field the nature of technology in these marvelous times. >>The alternative would be for what you buy to stay the best in its field for >>your needs. When you pay a price for technology, that price would be the >>same price no matter what, there would be no new models, no improvements,no >>changes. If that is the case, you'd be happy with what you bought and what >>you paid for it. Well, you have what you paid for at the time you paid it >>That is what was there then. The fact that it didn't go out of date for a >>year or a month or a week is just a matter of chronology in the field of >>tecnology. You just pick a point along the continuum of development, agree >>on a price you're going to play at and jump in with both hands and both feet >>and enjoy your choice. Even in the blindness market it's pretty safe to say >>those buying equipment today are going to have something that is out of date >>within a year give or take siz months. The units we had in June ane were >>great. They didn't all of a sudden become less so because there's a new >>model year now.The re is just >> a new model year and it's got even more to offer those who want the new >> features. That's called progress and we have always paid for it in all >> areas. Improving a product and keeping as close to state of the art as can >> be done is what keeps a company competitive. Progress, improvement, >> development, and growth are what we demand because they are what makes it >> better for us as a group, and what keeps a company alive as a provider. We >> can't have it both ways. >>I for one will enjoy listening to everyone telling about their experiences >>with the new capabilities of the new products and look forward to the time >>I'm ready to jump in along the continuum again. >>___ >>To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >>http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote >___ >To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit >http://list.humanware.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
