#AStudio Win95/NT story
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<< i think it is always in the hands of the consumers to "know the right time"
to do any purchases.
PMFJI
You must have the patience of a saint to be so serene in the face of released
software that has bugs all over it. I agree that it dosnt make sense to expect
a release for an OS that isnt released yet. On your other points about x.0
versions I have a couple of thoughts. Imagine if hardware folks acted like
software folks and you had to take your new car to the shop 20 times for
patches before it would run right. Its a lemon, and so is software that dosent
do what the specs promise. The standard of the industry seems to be that we are
all beta testers; you gave several good examples such as corel 4 and wp6. But
these products are not sold to us with an "almost works maybe" sticker on them.
We are lied to by companies whose marketing divisions have probably pressured
their developers into premature release. One exception seems to be not autodesk
(witness Animator Studio traffic on this forum ) but the Yost group. I didnt
have significant problems with rel 3.0 or 4.0 ( I havnt bothered with the
patch). Heres hoping they keep it up. Im not saying that a patch means that the
program was released prematurely, Im saying that a full release of a product
should be essentially troubly free and a productive tool.
Ed
>> PMFJI <<
please do, anytime. 🙂
>> versions I have a couple of thoughts. Imagine if hardware folks acted like
software folks and you had to take your new car to the shop 20 times for
patches before it would run right. <<
hmm. sounds like my 85 Toyota Van. <ggg>
>> do what the specs promise. The standard of the industry seems to be that we
are all beta testers; you gave several good examples such as corel 4 and wp6.
But these products are not sold to us with an "almost works maybe" sticker on
them. <<
i agree with your perception on the industry, Ed. corel4 and wp6 were supposed
to be "ready"… they weren't. the customers complained, many sent the progs
back until they were fixed, wp and corel responded immediately (i think corel4
had 2 patches out within a two month period at one point) and the customer's
renewed their faith.
>> We are lied to by companies whose marketing divisions have probably
pressured their developers into premature release. <<
.. down through the generations… yes. nothing new here. true statement about
practically every industry out there. will this go away? i don't know.
>> not autodesk (witness Animator Studio traffic on this forum ) but the Yost
group. I didnt have significant problems with rel 3.0 or 4.0 ( I havnt <<
admittedly, Yost Groups' software has been a breath of fresh air with regard to
first round stability compared to other Adesk and non Adesk applications. i
know they're going to turn out a great NT product here shortly.
>> patch means that the program was released prematurely, Im saying that a full
release of a product should be essentially troubly free and a productive tool.
<<
amen.
-dave