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Re: Stick with RoboHelp, or upgrade to something else?
Subject:Re: Stick with RoboHelp, or upgrade to something else? From:Tom Huffman <tlhuffman -at- EARTHLINK -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 16 Jun 1999 14:36:52 -0500
Sean:
RoboHelp is a good product, but it's outrageous that Blue Sky releases a new
version each year and asks approximately $400.00 from licensed users to
upgrade. I know of no other company that is so brazenly greedy.
****
> Hallo:
>
> Your post sounds a little like a troll because only you know how much time
> you have to teach yourself any new software, including the RoboHelp
> upgrades.
>
> If I were you and time *is* an issue, I'd stick with six, since you already
> have that product sorted out.
>
> Philosophically, I disagree with Blue-Sky's super aggressive,
> market-bug-fixes-as-a-new-relea$e marketing plan. That's one reason I
> chucked them. But, it's not about philosophy, is it.
>
> However, there are plenty of folks out there that like Blue Sky and
> RoboHelp. To each his own <vbg>.
>
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Tom Huffman
tlhuffman -at- earthlink -dot- net
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