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- From: fnord@panix.com (Cliff Heller)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.misc
- Subject: Re: Searchlight
- Message-ID: <1992Jul25.172208.9598@panix.com>
- Date: 25 Jul 92 17:22:08 GMT
- References: <Brv58H.54G@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Jul24.134212.7893@almserv.uucp> <Brwy4I.BHo@news.cso.uiuc.edu>
- Organization: Right Bleedin' Church of Libertine Obfuscatology
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- In <Brwy4I.BHo@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jvmg9796@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Doc) writes:
-
- >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. :)
-
-
- You are the only one I have ever encountered who posess this opinion. The
- SL manual is one of the best written pieces of software documentation there
- is. There are many sysops who can attest to this, and it is usually the
- first thing that software reviews comment on.
-
- >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.
-
- When you say "time and again" I wonder what you mean. If there was any
- indication that the data was unreliable after a while, then I'm sure Frank
- would discontinue the practice (IF he hasn't already).
-
- Also, I'm glad you are an expert on his financial statement, and what he
- can afford. Competing products cost much more, and he is keeping his costs
- down and passing the savings back to the user.
- >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.
-
-
- This is a complete lie. Although, given the way you have posted here, I
- can see how Frank is probably glad not to have you as a customer any
- longer.
-
- Every single feature that has been incorporated into the product over the
- last few years has been a result of requests for enhancements. The guy
- gets hundreds of requests per day, and he has to process them all. It's
- funny that, as you say, he has such a reputation, I doubt if the authors of
- competing projects are even available for such requests.
-
- Some of the requests are for really minor minor things and many of the
- sysops (yourself included) are extremely childish in their expectations.
-
- On the software's "mother" board, he responds to every single message he
- receives, although, I wouldn't be surprised if he stopped listening to you.
-
- >>BTW, if it "sucked" so terribly - why did you purchase it??????
-
- >BTW, I never meant to flame any particular person in this thread.
-
- You flamed the author of SL software, who has put a great deal of effort
- into a product that he earns his living with.
-
- It was completely uncalled for given that the discussion was simply about
- the fact that it hadn't been included in a list of BBS software with
- reviews.
-
- You made a blanket statement and used unnecessarily harsh language. You
- did not say "These are my opinions and here is where I feel Searchlight is
- deficient"
-
-
- 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. :)
-
- Given the nature of what you've posted here, it is clear that you are more
- committed to being right, and complaining than you are to making any
- progress. Probably Searchlight software does not suit your needs then, and
- I feel sorry for the company that now has to provide you with "customer
- service"
- --
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