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Re: RSI is a money thirsty beast!! [message #2273 is a reply to message #2262]

Fri, 10 June 1994 09:18

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Guan-Hsong Hsu,

I suppose one could think of RSI as a "money thirsty beast", but then again
they are simply trying to survive as software developers in a market which
has some real stiff competition. They have to be able to pay good programmers
and support people what they are worth, or the whole company will lose out to
those who *ARE* willing and able to pay for the good people. I am sure that
marketing also costs them a pretty penny, and the acquisition of more users
is vital to sustaining a competitive business. They can't allow other
companies to obtain an increasingly large client base without trying to do the
same (hopefully at a faster pace). This all costs $$, so we are paying for
their survival with the hope that the product's value (to us anyway) will
increase.

There prices are not LOW, but their product is reasonably robust and getting
better (I think) all the time. We are happy to pay what is necessary for them
to stay around. I do wish, however, that the money were spent to improve some
of the core routines that aren't quite right (like I think they are doing with
contour) before they begin working on new Gee-whiz features that I may never
use. This newsgroup is full of complaints about interpolation problems,
contouring mistakes, documentation omissions, etc.

...just an alternative view...

Andy

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		Re: RSI is a money thirsty beast!! By: jwbruce on Wed, 15 June 1994 11:19
		Re: RSI is a money thirsty beast!! By: harmonic on Tue, 14 June 1994 13:04
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		Re: RSI is a money thirsty beast!! By: andy on Fri, 10 June 1994 09:18

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