>> Maybe there is some justification for an interim "point" release - >> JUST to address the most critical "shop stoppers" - if any are >> present. Maybe those >> "show- stopper" fixes could be limited to a fixed number - 3 or something >> small and chosen by some form of user vote, just my thoughts.... > >Point releases are a thing of the past. > ><http://www.nilobject.com/2007/04/03/milestone-realbasic-2007-release-2/#co mment-7556> > >but there's no reason why r3 should not be released very soon after r2. > >-- >Steve Garman >Using REALbasic Professional on Windows XP Pro
Steve: You seem to be saying that there will be no free bug fixes/patches. This leads, it would seem, to software that can never be nearly bug free. In other words, parts (possibly large or very important portions of it) of it will *never* work properly. You would end up purchasing a piece of software that is unusable. If this is the case, why would this be something to strive for or accept as "the way it is" or that "the times are changing, accept it" as I was preached to so many months ago by other people on the lists? If you happen to purchase a version of the software that simply doesn't work properly, and your plan ends on that release, are we really out of luck? As a customer, I would feel cheated as well as pressured to gamble on yet another update plan. In fact, this is the position I am in. My plan ended with RB2006r2. It sits on my hard drive unused. I was about to upgrade to RB2007r2, but I keep hedging. I'm still considering the upgrade and have even told myself that it was partially to support the company, if only in a small way. After all, it is much more usable now and it does have more features. But I'm still having a hard time justifying this to myself. I realize that I am not really an important or influential customer, but this situation really bothers me. Maybe you can correct me on this. Please don't take this as an expression of anger, because I'm way past that. Maybe I am misunderstanding something. Thanks. _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
