dale@pro-colony.UUCP (System Administrator) (09/12/88)
>If not, then why? Whats the big deal. Aren't we entitled to the most >current version of the System Disk for our own apple computer? Why don't you try that line on your local car dealer when the next new model of your car comes out. Don't forget, programmers like to eat too! Or what about Apple letting you trade your ImageWriter in for a free ImageWriter II printer? After all, you bought the ImageWriter in good faith, shouldn't Apple return that good faith by letting you have the latest of everything for free? _____________________________________________________________________________ | | | uucp : crash!pnet01!pro-colony!dale pro-colony | | arpa : crash!pnet01!pro-colony!dale@nosc.mil (214) 370-7056 | | proline: dale@pro-colony 3/12/2400 baud - 24 hrs | |_____________________________________________________________________________|
lwv@n8emr.UUCP (Larry W. Virden) (09/13/88)
If we are going throw around analogies, let me toss one - I see the system disk as a similar deal as those 'free refills for life' deals at donut shops etc on coffee - buy the cup once and everytime i bring it in I get free refills. It is a deal that the company advertises in the news papers, tv, etc. Apple advertises their free software updates - so we should get them. -- Larry W. Virden 75046,606 (CIS) 674 Falls Place, Reynoldsburg, OH 43068 (614) 864-8817 osu-cis!n8emr!lwv (UUCP) osu-cis!n8emr!lwv@TUT.CIS.OHIO-STATE.EDU (INTERNET) We haven't inherited the world from our parents, but borrowed it from our children.
shawn@pnet51.cts.com (Shawn Stanley) (09/16/88)
dale@pro-colony.UUCP (System Administrator) writes: > >>If not, then why? Whats the big deal. Aren't we entitled to the most >>current version of the System Disk for our own apple computer? > >Why don't you try that line on your local car dealer when the next new model >of your car comes out. Haven't you ever heard of recalls? Only they don't do that with software; those are "updates". >Don't forget, programmers like to eat too! Being a programmer, I fully understand THAT. However, us programmers sometimes have to help out the end-user when it comes to bug fixes on our part. Users don't expect that they buy their software on an "as-is" basis, since it certainly isn't advertised that way. I'm not saying that every new version should be given to owners of old versions. Many new versions are made up of software with a certain threshold of new features. Take the MS-DOS like of versions for the IBM PC line, for instance. Every time they've come out with a new version, they've added several new capabilities in addition to fixing numerous bugs in the previous version. That's how they can get away with charging for the latest version. >Or what about Apple letting you trade your ImageWriter in for a free >ImageWriter II printer? After all, you bought the ImageWriter in good faith, >shouldn't Apple return that good faith by letting you have the latest of >everything for free? Oops. I commented on that above. One final comment... I don't think the $18 fee can really be called a charge for the OS update. As I've stated in a previous message, since it's through APDA, and APDA has their own costs to figure in distribution, advertising, salaries, etc., I rather think it's a different way of distributing the update. UUCP: {rosevax, crash}!orbit!pnet51!shawn INET: shawn@pnet51.cts.com