Hello Shipshape,
Thanks for your posts. I still have to argue with some of your points though. As Neal said...
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Originally Posted by Neal Stevens
I hear you, but it's been said many, many times. I don't know how it's going to change. When will we stop accepting it? I don't know.
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You have to compare apples to apples. A Car, a Toaster, a TV, ect. is NOT Software.
Not only that, if my car was under warranty and it died when I turned on the AC, I would take it in and expect it to be fixed, at no charge to me. And those type of things happen with cars too. This might be hard to believe and be news to you, but cars aren't produced perfectly either! Same for toasters and tv's. If I get home with my new purchase and find it's defective, I take it back and exchange it for a new one, or I get a refund and get my money back. Has everyting you've ever bought been perfect or or something? You've never had any problem with any product you've purchased other than software? :hmm: Did you purchase SHIV thinking it would be perfect and bug free?
It comes down to individuals. An individual must decide whether he is fed up with defective products from a company enough to where he will no longer purchase from that company. If the company has left a bad taste in enough people's mouths, then it may add up to enough people that stop buying from that company to put them out of bussiness. That's what it boils down to. Tired of buggy software? Stop buying it! You send a message to companies with... your wallet. If you did not believe that SHIV would be perfect when it was released, and you wanted it to be perfect but bought it anyway, you just sent them a message that it's ok for them to sell(release) imperfect software.
As I said earlier I expect support from software companies. When I stop getting support in the way of fixes with patches then I will no longer support(purchase from) them.
As for your point about folks who fix stuff on a freeware basis your point is well taken. There were some broken items in SHIII that were fixed by guys and released them as free mods. Things that should have been fixed by the Ubi/Dev team. THAT is the type of thing that gives me pause and makes me wonder... should I be purchasing SHIV? :hmm:
Regards