Re: Mark Twain Video Now Available

[dmasters@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dan Masterson)]

Charles T. Turley (cturley@wco.com) wrote:

: (C) Having to pay $20 for a video to simply see something which you have 
: no way of actually obtaining, varifying the reality of such a thing or 
: using on your computer (such as the alledged GS/OS v6.0.2) really seems 
: like a waste of money and effort to me.

I'll have to agree here.  Besides that, why do videos always seem to cost
$19.95 ($20) or $24.95 ($25)?  Cassettes are cheap and mail is $3 (or
less) US.  At most (and this would be stretching it..) would be a more
reasonable cost.  If this is such a GREAT video, make is available at a
cheap cost....you catch more flies with honey than vinegar.  I for one,
won't fork out $20 for a $2 cassette.

: (D) IMHO - I've seen many instances of alledged programs for the IIGS
: having been lost forever - with the general excuse that the hard drive 
: crashed and the program and/or it's src. codes were lost, with no other 
: back-up of such available.  I personally think such an excuse is nothing 
: more than a general cop-out to cover the facts that such a thing never 
: really existed.

Also agree.  Being employed in the computer field, we would NEVER let a
day go by without a COMPLETE backup of our ENTIRE system (I'm not talking PC's
here). From the very first day you bought your APPLE II (whatever version
it was) you were told to BACK IT UP!...BACK IT UP!  Magazines have been
published with this theme in mind....you have a right to a backup of your
software (no matter what the software publishers told you).  Not backing up
your work is just plain lazy and if it crashes you can blame noone but
yourself.

As for being a general cop-out...I guess the key word here is GENERAL as
in most likely but not absolutely.  I've often wondered what happened to
someones claim of a great program coming, only to hear they hard drive
crashed a month later.

If you don't agree...that's your right....THIS IS MINE!


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