bogus WriteNow upgrade gimmick

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From: Ralph Gonzalez
Date: Thu, 03 Sep 1992 13:36

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I just got a weird letter. On the outside it says "URGENT - Expiration
Notification", and the return address is Heidi Roizen, 1390 Villa St,
Mountain View, CA 94041.

Yet, inside, it is just yet another notice trying to talk me into
upgrading from WriteNow 2.2 to 3.0. (Does bombarding people with
upgrade notices actually eventually make them want to upgrade?)

So either there was an error in the printing of the envelopes, or
T/Maker (makers of WriteNow) considers the deluge of WriteNow upgrade
notices to be a "subscription". So if I don't get the upgrade, the
"subscription" will run out! Of course, if I were to take the upgrade,
I assume they'd stop the "subscription" anyway... :-)

Anyway, I think I'll wait to upgrade when they add some significant
features like drag-drop text editing...

-Ralph
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Ralph Gonzalez, Computer Science, Rutgers Univ., Camden, NJ
Phone: (609) 757-6122; Internet: rgonzal@elbereth.rutgers.edu
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From: rgonzal@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: bogus WriteNow upgrade gimmick
Keywords: writenow tmaker
Message-ID: <Sep.3.09.36.08.1992.7825@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
Date: 3 Sep 92 13:36:08 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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