I agree with you completely. I don't see why KS 8 requires you
to already have KS7.5; unless there is some software thing in KS
that requires it, there is no reason the new rom image needs the
old one to run. I would have kept 7.2 and not missed a thing in
7.5 except that I already had the SMA and saw no reason to not
upgrade, but if I had had to pay for 7.5 to get it I am not sure
I would have. As we all know, however, the problem then becomes
upgrading past 7.5, which is the point in the first place. HW
needs to, in my opinion, reconsider a lot of the practices they
employ as far as customer management, PR, and product development
go. There is my 2 cents.
Have a great day,
Alex
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rusty Perez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [email protected]
Date sent: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 09:04:44 -0800
Subject: [Braillenote] locked into an upgrade path
Hi folks,
In a thread with subject "future of braillenote" the writer
comments
about the current upgrade isn't worth the money.
The truth, and the maddening thing is that, whether we find
upgrades
useful or no, we have only two choices if we want to move
forward. We
can pay for the future by getting an sma, or we can wait, and pay
the
full price for the upgrade we still feel is not worth it so that
we
can have the privelege of paying for the sma or the upgrade we do
find
useful.
I hate being required to pay for something I don't find useful so
that
I can get through to pay for something I do find useful. I find
it
quite manipulative and I deeply admire companies who respect
their
customers enough not to goug them.
Companies such as Kurzweil, who only 6equire you to pay for the
current upgrade to become current are to be commended. If I
don't need
a particular feature, or if I can't afford the upgrade, I can
wait.
When the next one comes around, I can upgrade for a flat fee, to
the
latest version. uPgrades are, currently, $125 for k100 whether
you are
upgrading consecutively, or skipping a version or two.
Sorry for the rant, but we are tied in to an upgrade path. We
bought
in and most of us agree that our bn's a great tool, but we don't
have
to love the upgrade path.
Rusty
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