In message <7211.986504571@biber>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes
>
>In your message dated: Thu, 05 Apr 2001 13:10:04 EDT,
>The pithy ruminations from "David W. Botsch" on
><Re: [Win4Lin-users] win4lin 3.0 upgrade brouhaha> were:
>=> I believe the question was "why not"?
>=>
>=> Personally, I am quite unhappy about having to shell out more money just to
>upgrade my kernel (a
>=> small kernel upgrade fee, tho, would be acceptable).
>=>
>=> Netraverse would seem to be guilty of "pulling a Microsoft" in the worst way.
>=>
>
>As someone who recently (~3 months ago) purchased Win4Lin 2.0, I think that
>most of the comments on this thread are way off base. Given the complexity of
>the product, the functionality of the product, the low cost, and the dependence
>on a kernel over which Netraverse has no influence or insider knowledge, I
>think that there's nothing wrong with paying a upgrade fee! Frankly, I think
>that $59 for the full product is a very good deal. Sure, having just bought
>v2.0, I want to get 3.0 for free. However, I wouldn't expect to get 4.0 and so
>forth for free, just as I think expecting to go from 1.0 to 3.0 for free is
>excessive. I think there should be some reduced-price upgrade path, but the
>threads I've seen so far sound as if Netraverse is doing something terrible,
>yet no pricing has even been set!
>
>Sure, it seems like there's something unfair because of the short timelines.
>However, what I see as important here isn't just the timeframe, but the scope
>of the changes from 2.0 to 3.0.
1) I think you must remember you're talking to people used to the open
source community, where even a product as durable as XV only costs $25
(and that's optional)
2) The University of Cambridge was founded by scholars from Oxford who
got P**d off with the place ( moral - don't annoy your customers - they
may go and set up their own and better product :-)
>
--
robert w hall
(ba cantab!)
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