Re: Upgrade path to Turbo Delphi

"J. Lee" <computerguy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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That's what makes me so sad to see this corporate doubletalk stuff about
"everyone gets the special price" and "TurboDelphi is a new SKU". The
Turbos are a brilliant idea, perfect for DevCo. Then they go and mess
it up
by dissing previous users. Like I said before, it's no skin off my
back;
I'll be upgrading to BDS. But I sympathize with developers, many of
them
hobbyists, who have Delphi 5, 6, or 7, who only want to upgrade to a new
Delphi Pro, and who are now not getting a special upgrade price, just
the
same "special" price that else pays.

Let me see. You and the "poor hobbyists" are willing to pay $400 for an
upgrade from D6 to D7, but unwilling to pay $400 for an upgrade to Turbo
Delphi, just because new users also get that price? So, the hobbyists
aren't poor afterall, they are just bitter, jealous, and pessimistic?

It's not a matter of cost. It's a matter of how DevCo is treating existing
customers. They can call Turbo Delphi a new SKU all they want; that doesn't
make it one.

Bitter, jealous, and pessimistic? No, just expecting the same treatment
that previous customers get from virtually every software company in the
world. It's a pity that DevCo says they're starting off with renewed focus
on small developers and straightaway they make a gaffe like no upgrade
pricing.

-- Herb Sitz


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