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Article #582Re: $$ Is pkz204c worth the $$ ?
From: March Hare
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:08
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 18:08
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In article <961@bbkingMDC.unisys.COM>, rmarks@MDC.Unisys.COM (Richard Marks) writes: > I note that the Shareware price for pkz204c is $47. This > is a lot of money for a marginally better compression program. > > Lets keep things in perspective, all this does is implement > a rather old compression and librarian program. There are > a lot of other such programs out there that work real well. > Also I have spent a heck of a lot less for a bunch more > shareware functionality. So is this thing worth $47 ? > My answer is no. Mine too. Not only is that a rather steep price for shareware, the program does not work as intended. No, I'm already registered for 1.10, and that's what I'll use, thank you. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- | John Carmack | "Watch it! She's stark raven mad!!!!" | | Academic Computing Service | -March Hare | | Miami University | | | Oxford, Ohio | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!miavx1!jdcarmack Newsgroups: comp.archives.msdos.d,comp.compression Subject: Re: $$ Is pkz204c worth the $$ ? Message-ID: <1993Jan12.130835.14994@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu> From: jdcarmack@miavx1.acs.muohio.edu (March Hare) Date: 12 Jan 93 13:08:34 -0500 References: <961@bbkingMDC.unisys.COM> Organization: Wonderland Lines: 23