Take a shot at EA
19-Jul-86 19:34:08
Sb: #26893-Take a shot at EA
Fm: RICH MEDVED 72366,540
To: Electronic Arts 76004,237
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I have no porblem with the $20 cost. But then too, I'mm running an
accounting package that lists for over $2000. The only "complaint" I have
is: why does it take 4-6 weeks to get the non-CP version. Surely you have
some idea of the number of responses that you'll receive and have the disks
made up in advance. (At leaset an initial supply).
A couple of comments on Dprint. We've used DP to layout a couple of display
ads for a state wide publication and would have liked to have had a screen
whose x-y aspect ration could have been defined by us. The problem was (is)
that the available formats do not relate to column width vs column length of
ads taken by the publications.
One other feature that is objectionable is the use of "slash zeros". While
this is _the_ way to go in computerize, we actually had to replace our Oki
83A printer several years ago because our customers confused prices like $70
and $78. To them, the slashed zero was an eight. Now DP comes along and
forces all zeros to look like eights. (I know, they don't look like eights,
but have you ever told _your_ customers that they don't know how to read?)
My point is that DP claims to be a program to create exciting posters, cards,
etc for your friends (albiet in our instance customers). Many of our
"friends" aren't computer oriented…