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- From: kimes@cbnewsc.cb.att.com (Kit Kimes@AT&T/NCR)
- Subject: Re: BAM351.ZIP - Bank Account Manager v3.51: Family finance mgr
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:54:23 GMT
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.055423.2422@cbnewsc.cb.att.com>
- References: <shephard.726795428@sfu.ca>
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- From article <shephard.726795428@sfu.ca>, by (Gordon Shephard):
- > kko@fraser.sfu.ca (Samuel Ko) writes:
- >>
- >>That means the minimum registration fee is US $40 ... Is that too much? ...
- >>given that, with 40 (or fewer) bucks, one can get a copy of Quicken 6.0 - the
- >>best personal finance software ... My point is a shareware author should
- >>charge a considerably lower registration fee than the price of any similar
- >>product in the commerical market ...
- >
- > Then again, I have the option of trying out BAM before purchasing it.
- > I don't have the same luxury with quicken.
-
- By that logic, a $35,000 Cadillac is a better buy than a $15,000 Chevy
- if you get to test drive the Cadillac but not the Chevy.
-
- Truth is, Quicken is a well know and reviewed product and I think a person
- could probably determine if it would meet their needs without actually
- trying it out. That isn't true with BAM (or most shareware, for that matter).
-
- Personally, I have a hard time justifying spending more than $20 on any
- shareware product. That is pretty much my hypothetical limit, although I
- might go a little higher for the right product. A lot of times, I can find
- a comparable product in the closeout bin at my local Egghead store for less
- and I usually get printed docs, quick reference cards, etc.
-
- Kit Kimes
- AT&T Resource Link (under contract to NCR)
- Naperville, IL
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