[MV] Re: ViaVoice vs. iListen

[T. Patrick Henebry]

camner at iname.com (Camner) on 6/19/03 at 4:36 PM -0700 wrote:

>I would add that we need to be willing to pay for the products.  While it
>would be nice to have lifetime free updates for the cost of the initial
>purchase, it isn't realistic.
>
>It was disappointing that when IBM released VV for OS X (truly a major
>upgrade in terms of performance vs. the "Enhanced Edition"), we screamed
>bloody murder until they agreed to give it to us for free (which they did).
>I wondered at the time whether we weren't shooting ourselves in the foot....

>From what little I heard from IBM people that really soured IBM on ViaVoice for the
Mac. In fact, ViaVoice for Mac OS X is a RARE exception to IBM's policy of charging
for upgrades. So yes in this case Mac users shot themseves in the foot.

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T. Patrick Henebry