OO's Value (Longish, Personal View)

[Jan Erik Moström]

2003-03-04 10:32: Linda Sharps <linda at omnigroup.com> is believed to have
typed:

> I wanted to jump on the list briefly because this statement really 
> caught my eye. Is this something the rest of the list tends to agree 
> with, and if so - for what reason? Would you say it's because of the 
> quality or price point of our software, our relatively non-corporate 
> image, or something else entirely?

Personally, it doesn't matter to me if a program is a shareware program
or a "commercial" program (although commerial program usually have the
serious drawback of not allowing me to try the program before I buy it).

What is important to me is the following:

+   If it's a utility program (I buy it and intend to use it for a
    year or so) then it doesn't matter much as long as the program
    does what it's supposed to do and that it has a good quality.

+   If it's a program that I intend to use for a long time, like
    for example BBEdit, then I prefer to have a company behind the
    product (accidents does happen and I don't want support to
    disappear).

That's it, as long as the program is OK and the price is right it
doesn't matter much to me how the program is sold.

                            jem
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Jan Erik Moström   jem at mostrom.pp.se    www.mostrom.pp.se