Re: (II Alive) Switch-It! vs. The Manager (fan the flames)

[stc7@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Steven T Chiang)]

In article <C66CBM.1rK@cbnewsd.cb.att.com> bird@cbnewsd.cb.att.com (j.l.walters) writes:
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>>>Overall              7                 8
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>> 	This is pretty lame.  SI! is more compatible than the Manager,
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>I don't see this as "pretty lame" since A2~Central has about the same
>evaluation of these two programs. I would be willing to buy either of
>the two programs based on an evaluation of 7 versus 8 i.e., a program
>that is 70% versus 80% can't be discerned.

	Hmm, did you read the rest of my post?  My point is simple.
Quality Computers is not carrying SI!, and I hope that the reason SI!
received low marks is because QC is trying to promote the manager
(because they carry it).

>I've avoided getting into this argument before since I really don't
>like the HATRED that gets passed around on subjects such as this.

	I've avoided this argument to, but I hope the fact that QC is
publishing a magazine is not causing a conflict of interest.

>Why can't we simply tell folks our views without calling those that
>disagree somehow brain damaged?

	Actually, I didn't call anybody brain damaged or anything of
the sort.  I stated my opinion, that the review was lame.  It hurts me
to see a product (doesn't matter what it is) get bad marks when it
doesn't deserve it.  In this case, I haven't seen the article, but
I'll go into the boring details...

	To start with.  Jawaid/ Procyon was kind enough to allow me
to beta test SI!.  I don't run that many desktop applications, so
a switcher isn't that important to me, BUT I did check SI! for
compatibility with DG, DT & DVoir.  So SI! works with DG.  I also saw
the testing process and it was fairly invovled.

	On the other hand, we have the Manager (which we had heard
about 3 years ago), which gets released.  After its release, Seven
Hills gets complaints and finally contacts us about working out the
compatibility problems.  So fine, we are now working out the problems,
and they have been very good about it.  Frankly, it bothers me that
Seven Hills either brushed aside the fact that DreamGrafix didn't work
with tm, or that none of their beta testers had DG.

	I've had The Manager (real release) for about a month, and
haven't been able to use it on a regular basis, because it doesn't
work with the applications I use.  I'm beta testing TM now, but it
doesn't work with one of my inits (or something) so it hung when
trying to switch to the finder from DG.  There are some other annoying
things in the Manager, but I'll tell Seven Hills about them...

>If you are right and they are brain damaged /by definition/ there is
>no way they would be able to discern their affliction (and your are
>a clod/fool for mentioning it)
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>If you are incorrect and they are not brain damaged - (The most probable
>outcome), you look like a clod/fool i.e., you are a loser from the
>get-go.
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>I hope that the above two paragraphs has pointed out to those that
>normally ATTACK any and all folks just how stupid you look to the rest
>of the net.

	Are you sure you are replying to the right thread?

>		Joe Walters att!ihlpm!bird, NW 31-K14 (708) 224-7189

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