Westcode (was re:Hardpressed leak)

[ag471@yfn.ysu.edu (Eric S. Ford)]

>>Based on the discussion here, it would seem to me that "prudence is in
>>order" when dealing with InWords - they seem to be delivering on
>>everything else. I for one need HardPressed enough to buy it at its $35
>>price (heck, I'd buy it at its list price too).

>Well you can't please everyone. WestCode is not a company that I would put
>in the category of "prudence...",even with InWords. For $50 it's a bargain.

Perhaps you consider $50 a bargain price for a piece of software that fails
more often than it works but I don't.  

>Moreover the company is run by honourable types. I can think of a zillion
>companies that I should have been prudent with. They aren't one of them.

We're not discussing "honor" and it's irrelevant.  We're discussing responsible
performance on the part of Westcode.  They announced a planned "upgrade" to
Inwords more than two years ago.  They have since changed that to a bug-fix,
maintenance update.  More than 10 weeks ago they sent out the update notices
promising delivery in 6 to 8 weeks -- it hasn't shown up yet!!  This, sir, is damned
poor performance and if you don't base prudence on that you're foolish.


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