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- Cliff wrote:
- > If you change the size of the screen *before* you hit the
- >first OK button, that will so change the number of pixels in the
- >virtual screen. [...]
-
- Great. You might want to emphasize this feature a bit more when
- you describe Executor. I hadn't heard about it before, anyway, but
- it is definitely a major advantage to using Executor on a NeXT over
- running the same program on a Mac and their generally small screens.
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- > We don't see any student/academic pricing in the near future.
- >Compare the complexity of our product to other other software on the
- >NeXT and I think you'll find that even without a further discount, we
- >are the leaders in complexity/dollar (where complexity is a rough
- >estimate of how hard it is to write the application in question).
-
- I agree. However, it is important to note that people don't buy
- products based on how complex they were to make, but rather on how
- much the product will do for them. In the case of student users
- (that are fortunate enough to have access to a NeXT), "all" Executor
- does is allow them to use the NeXT in the lab rather than a Mac in
- the lab. Worth something, yes, but not as much as buying a completely
- new program (Word or Excel, for example), no matter how much more
- complex Executor is.
-
- Later, Scotty Turner flames:
- >These people are living hand-to-mouth, narely eeking out an
- >existance and you want them to give student discounts?
- >
- >Wow.
-
- I appreciate their position, believe they're doing a great job, and hope
- they do well. Students, however, generally are also "eeking out an
- existance", and so can ill-afford charity giving.
-
- Not that buying Executor would be giving to charity. Not hardly. But
- some companies view student discounts as a *business* decision. I, for
- a fact, know that I would have bought Executor long ago if it had a
- student price of, say, $50. At $80, I've hedged (I can, after all, use
- the Mac across the lab). I imagine that a lot of other students are
- in the same position. This is why Word priced at its retail price would
- probably sell very few copies to students, but is selling like hotcakes
- at its student price.
-
- But this argument has been held before. Executor is a great value as
- it is, and I may try to scrounge up the money to buy it anyway. I
- can't help but think that they'd make more sales if they had academic
- pricing, but that's their decision, and I wish them the best.
-
- I apologize to everybody else for bringing this up.
-
- - Trent Lange
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