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- From: jvmg9796@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Doc)
- Subject: Re: Searchlight sucks
- References: <Brv58H.54G@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Jul24.134212.7893@almserv.uucp>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 21:53:05 GMT
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- s4uhkm@fnma.COM (Howie Michalski) writes:
-
- >First off, RTFM = Read The F-ing Manual :-)
-
- Oh I have. I think Frank must have contracted IBM doc writers to write
- it. If I have to explain that to you, never mind. :)
-
- >Someone put a lot of effort into writing SL, and if they're trying to save a
- >little money sending you a 720K diskette more power to 'em! It gets very
- >expensive trying to keep a small business rolling -- especially a SW business
-
- Wrong answer. It is totally unprofessional to use hole punched 720K disks
- to ship software. They have been shown time and again to be unreliable and
- subject to data loss after a while. If it were a $5 shareware disk I could
- see it, but we're talking about about a product that costs over $100. He
- can afford the HD disks.
-
- >not mean it "sucks." Its incredibly annoying to hear people (and Sysops do
- >this best)
- >whine about SW -- If you're really unhappy with the SW - send the author some
- >CONSTRUCTIVE critisism. Don't just slam him for selling you a bogus product -
- But you see, Frank is notorious for ignoring users' / sysops' requests for
- enhancements. He adds to it what HE wants. Even on the software's
- "mother" board, youre lucky if you can even get an answer out of him.
-
- >BTW, if it "sucked" so terribly - why did you purchase it??????
-
- Because, as I said, from the user's standpoint it is a decent piece of
- software. Very user-friendly. But once I became an SL sysop, I
- realized how sorely it was lacking.
-
- BTW, I never meant to flame any particular person in this thread. My
- harsh language is directed to SL software, not to any person in this
- newsgroup. And to the person who whined to me in email and sent copies
- of my "foul language" to my postmaster, all I can say is -- suck eggs,
- get salmonella, die. :)
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