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In article <5251@fluke.COM> moriarty@tc.fluke.COM (Jeff Meyer) writes:
>Got a note in the mail last weekend about several shareware products being
>picked up by a company named Prefered Publishers [...]
>
>Vantage appears to be McSink with a spelling checker and a macro package
>built-in, but the description was rather short.  I'll let you know more
>about it when it arrives in the mail. [...]

You can also call them at 800-446-6393. I did about three weeks ago to order
Vantage, and again yesterday to find out where it was. They said it won't
ship until some time next month ("waiting on printers").
	While the $10 McSink->Vantage registered user upgrade to add a
spelling checker and macros seems like a very reasonable price, their other
prices are a little strange.  From their mailing, you can also buy Vantage
for $59.95 with a discount coupon until Jan 1, $79.95 Special Introductory
Price, or $99.95 Suggested Retail.  Pick your price, I guess.
	They are also carrying some of Andrew Welch's goodies. Easy
Envelopes is $(20,45,60,80 +/- $.05) for (upgrade,coupon,intro,retail).
Label Master is $(25,55,90,110), Exposure (screen dumper) is $(20,45,70,90),
and TO DO! is $(35,80,100,130).  I asked what had changed in TO DO! to
increase it's worth from the $10 shareware fee to $100+, but technical
support was in a meeting.
	Are we seeing the death of the shareware concept?

-Jon
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