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- Subject: Re: $$ Is pkz204c worth the $$ ?
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.130835.14994@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu>
- From: jdcarmack@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (March Hare)
- Date: 12 Jan 93 13:08:34 -0500
- References: <961@bbkingMDC.unisys.COM>
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- In article <961@bbkingMDC.unisys.COM>, rmarks@MDC.Unisys.COM (Richard Marks) writes:
- > I note that the Shareware price for pkz204c is $47. This
- > is a lot of money for a marginally better compression program.
- >
- > Lets keep things in perspective, all this does is implement
- > a rather old compression and librarian program. There are
- > a lot of other such programs out there that work real well.
- > Also I have spent a heck of a lot less for a bunch more
- > shareware functionality. So is this thing worth $47 ?
- > My answer is no.
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- Mine too. Not only is that a rather steep price for shareware, the program
- does not work as intended.
-
- No, I'm already registered for 1.10, and that's what I'll use, thank you.
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