Re: Bad software and lousy data... warning... opinionated... (and wrong)

From: Mark Wagner (mgw@No-Spam)
Date: Thu Apr 03 2003 - 17:01:50 MST


Jeff G complained ad nauseum...

>I hate The Sky (paraphrase)

I wonder if this thread is troll material?

Well... I like it. I has worked well for me for many years. The upgrade
prices are less than most other alternatives are new. I am familiar with
the few commands I need in order to have a pleasant evening. One can
update the catalogs if they so desire.

I think this proves that there is a lot to be said for being first to
market with a good product (you are free to debate the relative value of
the word "good")... doing so captures customers long term. If I had the
choices back when I started that I do today, I would likely be using Chris
Mariott's program (whatever its called)... I was mightily impressed with
what it did, but I did not want to relearn a bunch of commands. Same with
MegaStar, except I find it clunky compared to The Sky... and I hate how the
stars are sized (based on my trial of the program at the last major upgrade).

Jeff.... did you get out observing last new moon?

Mark



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