how are we doing?
John,
There are notable acceptions and a periodical that is devoted to giving
news and reviews should not leave out programs that are shareware/PD,
especially when competeing against low priced commercial packages. The
example of SID vs OPUS is a good one. In my case, I would have reported in
the review that OPUS crashes frequently, repeated communication with the
author and publishers have gotten little more than "gee wiz, too bad".
However, the PD rival works flawlessly, has the same functionality, can be
"registered" and is supported better for 1/3 the cost. I thin that is
noteworthy and should be mentioned in a review of packages that have
highquality PD counterparts that are in wide use.
wmc