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- From: john@jlc.mv.com (John Leslie)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases
- Subject: Re: OODB Experiences/Opinions (Objectivity
- Message-ID: <1992Aug23.174227.419@jlc.mv.com>
- Date: 23 Aug 92 17:42:27 GMT
- References: <1992Aug20.073310.13832@objy.com> <l97gf2INN214@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>
- Organization: John Leslie Consulting, Milford NH
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- In article <l97gf2INN214@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM> tmhoff@oogoody.Corp.Sun.COM
- (Todd Hoff) writes:
- >
- >I'd like to be somewhat of an apologist for product reviewers. I don't
- >condone sloppy work, but as someone who has written several product reviews
- >I can attest that it is not easy to do a good thorough review.
-
- I'll second that! I've written two that I can remember.
-
- >First the pay is lousy.
-
- Big time! If you're not careful, it can fall below $10 per _day_!
- I did it (many years ago) believing having my name attached to reviews
- would pay off and bring in business. It hasn't (yet).
-
- >Second, often your deadlines are tight for a variety of reasons.
- >Third, many products make it hard to do a good review...
- >The actual writing of a review is tough as well...
- >Do you spend the time to try and find people who have used the product?
-
- For goodness sake, Todd, why not?
-
- How much time can it take to post a message saying, "I'm writing a
- review of X, Y, and Z. Could some folks who have experience with these
- programs please send me their e-mail addresses?"
-
- John Leslie <john@jlc.mv.com>
-