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RE: Close to End of Story: Single-source with Word - Help solutionsquestion
Subject:RE: Close to End of Story: Single-source with Word - Help solutionsquestion From:"Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com> To:<techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Fri, 5 Sep 2008 11:44:13 -0400
Hi Deborah,
Thanks for your input on Flare and Doc-to-Help. Review posts are always
helpful!
(I can guess the other two products' names... but I'll respect your
discretion.)
-- Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hemstreet, Deborah
> Sent: Thursday, September 04, 2008 12:15 PM
> To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
> Subject: Close to End of Story: Single-source with Word -
> Help solutionsquestion
>
> Hi all,
>
> ... There were two products that I was quite interested in,
> but they fell out of the running because:
>
> 1. The pricing model for one was outrageous -- so high as
> to be laughable -- I received a modest quote of $1995
> dollars for one user. Sadly -- it was the one that would
> have been easiest to implement in our situation -- but the
> price is too high to even discuss.
> 2. The other product could not be installed as a demo for
> testing on a laptop -- only on a standard PC. We were
> told that we could buy a license and if we didn't like it
> we would be refunded.
>
> I am not naming the two products on-line as I do not want
> to face libel charges...
>
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