CompuServe Messages

Apparently, there is an ad for Painter v3 in the August issue of Wired (I checked the newstand Friday, but they still had July's w/ a v2/x2 ad). However, someone in the Painter forum called the number in the ad, and the woman on the other end didn't know ship dates or upgrade pricing or anything. He kinda flamed Fractal for placing an ad, obviously months ago, in a mag, knowing that an August issue comes out 2-3 weeks before August 1, without being ready, at least to give their operators some info w/ which to answer callers. This is, no doubt, why Autodesk doesn't talk about products until they KNOW they're ready to ship.! Dave