Hi Patrick
On 03-Jan-00, you wrote:
>> Perhaps, but my opinion is that the last update to NC2 was nearly a year
>> ago. Yes, it's unfortunate that some people may have purchased it a few
>> months before NC3 was released and I agree that there should have been a
>> fix, but can it honestly be expected that Olli stop coding current
>> projects (Like V� bugfixes, MDII) So he can fix older software?
>
> . . .Whatever it takes for Olli to deliver what we have paid for.
O.K. Then why do people upgrade? My C64 should've been upgraded to an
A4000 and my 286 to a PIII for free? My point is if people don't upgrade
programmers have no incentive to make their product better. I mean Chris
even said in a post to csam that sells were lousy. If they're barely
making any money on their current releases how can you expect them to fix
older ones?
>> No, the most user friendly thing to do would be to continue to support
>> the current software as awesome as Olli, Dave and others have done. If
>> he can or is willing to fix it that's great and he should be commended,
>> however it really shouldn't be expected of him. Again just MHO.
>
> Some incentive we are given! NC2 is flawed so buy NC3?
Let me see, as flawed as the NC3 CD's? I preordered mine, had it within
days of release coming from across the pond, and there were updates
already on the VaporWare Portal before I even opened it, yet people were
screaming left and right, "We want a replacement CD". I truely wish I
could understand this.
>Do buyers of other
> consumer goods do that? Were people who bought atrocious crap from
> British Leyland 20 years ago obligated to continue to support them, or
> did they make the right choice in switching brands?
I'm not sure what British Leyland is, but 1.) switch to another "brand" or
2.) continue to support what current. It doesn't matter if it was 1999 or
20 years ago, Olli and a handful of others have released a product that
remedies this problem. Were they not faithful in giving NC2 periodic
updates? (4 if I recall correctly).
>> I know that some people can't afford it (trust me I just graduated
>> college about 7 months ago.) I now spend less on beer and more on
>> SoftWare. I've recently bought, OS3.5, Developer 2.1, CGFX 4, NC3,
>> Photogenics 4, TP 7, Ibrowse 2, Digital Almanac II
>
> Any of those badly bugged?
Yeah, they've all got their quirks. I mean the second to last one on the
list doesn't even have a mailing list.
>If they are, don't worry about it, just buy a
> later version! How would you have felt if BoingBag had been a complete
> new release you had to pay for?
I would be pissed, but updates have been promised to us. How many? Who
knows, when they feel that they've improved upon a product enough to gain
customer loyalty, they expect to make more money, you can either support
them if you feel you've got your money's worth or you can take your
business elsewhere. I don't remember being promised Y2K compatability
back in '98 when I purchased NC2. However, it was delivered in the latest
version, and that is all that can realistically be expected. It's not
like there's 100's of programmers working on this. This isn't as some
call it "the Microsoft mentality". It's simply a programmer feels like
they've improved upon a product to a point where they feel they deserve
more money for their product. I can understand why somebody who has
barely used NC2 would feel cheated, but I used it for nearly two years and
have a sense of great customer satisfaction.
>
> Regards
We're using Yam anyway, :-)
Regards
IKE
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