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In article <1992Jul30.205006.11190@cs.yale.edu> nathan@laplace.biology.yale.edu writes:
>In article <1992Jul30.005304.7212@Trirex.COM> mmelling@Trirex.com(Michael  
>Mellinger) writes:
>
>> At the SIA show in NYC last month I talked to the Lotus people about  
>> Improv 2.0.  They said that currently the *entire* Improv team is working  
>> on Improv 2.0 for MS Windows, and that they don't have any current plans  
>> to port it to the NeXT.
>
>IMHO, It's their own doing.
>
>If they had:
>
>1. Priced Improv reasonably: it's too expensive for small businesses,
>and was too cheap (free) for educational users.

The price set for education was not set by them.  The price is set by a
company the sells all Lotus products to virtually every school campus in
the U.S.

They also handle Adobe and other products.

BTW - If a small business can afford Lotus 123 they can afford Improv.

>
>2. Made a commitment to the further development of the product, and
>not overplayed their stupid refusal to even comment on whether they
>would fix bugs and add features.
>
>3. Copy protected the software so people couldn't steal it, which
>I have seen done (with WP as well).

Copy protection sucks.  If it is like the stuff on MMa I wouldn't buy
the product.  On the other hand if it justs sticks my machine name and
my name on a panel showing the registered user I wouldn't mind.

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