Amazing ProCalc Review
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mentioned above.
Which brings me to the final point. The review will cause many people to
go out and buy this package. They will then curse the day they believed
one of your reviews right after they curse Gold Disk for advertising this
as a spreadsheet and selling it for more than the $49 that it is worth in
its current state. They will then get upset when they call for support
(like my friend and I did) as they will find out that the person in charge
of ProCalc support has never used a spreadsheet and does not even know what
one is. They will be further frustrated at having to accept that a program
with so much promise in its basic engine is so hobbled in its output and
input, yet no one at Gold Disk will authorize the 100 hours of programming
time to fix these problems. The frustration level will cause some to avoid
all future Gold Disk offerings (unfortunate as some of their software is
top rate) and some to give up on the Amiga altogether. You can give
yourself a pat on the back for instigating these outcomes by virtue of
having been so irresponsible as to print a review that has no relation to
the actual performance of the program that was reviewed. For my part, I
will just not renew my subscription. After all, if I want to be fed a line
of misstatements and to be misled, I can talk to my local politician – for
free.
wmc