Re: A89: For christs sake

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Re: A89: For christs sake


Ok, then maybe there's a "traitor" inside TI that sent these calcs out to
France..

Bryan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jarrod" <xero@sover.net>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: A89: For christs sake


>
> I am not taking any sides here or calling anyone a liar, but i find it
> mildly hard to believe that TI would prepare stores to sell the new
> version without putting it up on the internet first. If i were to be in
> the position of TI, i would want to expose it to the people who would
> download it who would most likely already be comfortable with the 89 and
> would respond to bugs more appropriately.  If TI possibly screwed up
> something serious (as any new software has the potential), it wouldn't
> make sense to submit it to a fresh new audience first, who would then
> return their calcs, and or complain to TI directly and cause a
> adequately large PR problem. All we would do is email them and revert to
> 1.05.
>
> my thoughts again, even though no one asked.
>
> Bryan Rabeler wrote:
> >
> > I don't see how you can believe that TI didn't make it?  As Marc already
> > pointed out, a French store made a mistake of putting the TI-89 calcs
with
> > AMS 2.x out too early, and this one guy bought it and put AMS 2.01 on
his
> > website.  Obviously TI made it.
> >
> > Bryan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <mxpxfifws@yahoo.com>
> > To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
> > Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 10:26 AM
> > Subject: re: A89: For christs sake
> >
> > >
> > > AMEN to that!!  You are sooo right brotha (a little southern gospel
humor
> > :).  What's up with
> > > all you people complaining??  If TI says it didn't make it, I will
believe
> > them until they actually
> > > put out AMS 2.00 in the next few weeks.  Don't any of you have any
> > patience???  Grow up!
> > > Bryan F
> > >
> > >
> > > > ** Original Subject: A89: For christs sake
> > > > ** Original Sender: Jarrod <xero@sover.net>
> > > > ** Original Date: Thu, 02 Dec 1999 10:20:15 -0500
> > >
> > > > ** Original Message follows...
> > >
> > > >
> > > > I  don't mean to suddenly impose myself as a know it all god, as i
> > > > obviously do not post to this list often, i merely subscribe to it
> > > > because i have an 89 and i know x86 like the back of my hand and am
just
> > > > interested, but this whole AMS thing has really caught my interest.
> > > >
> > > > First off, why in all hell are all of you getting all up in a frenzy
> > > > about something that isn't released yet. And to top that off TI
denies
> > > > any responsibility for AMS 2.01 at all, give them a break, maybe the
8 k
> > > > limit was to beta test the version to make bug testing easier (don't
> > > > flame me for that one, i am just stating the possibility). Secondly,
for
> > > > you to be giving TI a hard time about something you weren't even
> > > > supposed to have is just immature. Just stop and think a second and
> > > > realize how irritating it would be if you let a couple people beta
test
> > > > your software and all of a sudden you got a barrage of irate emails
by
> > > > people who want to know why your program is not fully functional. I
> > > > would think that seeing as how most of you are most likely
programmers
> > > > that you would wait until an official release before griping because
as
> > > > most of you should know, nobody really knows the full capabalities
of
> > > > software until it is finished.
> > > >
> > > > What i find particularly humourous (and if i was TI, particularly
> > > > irritating) is that someone found a lousy version of AMS 2.whatever
on
> > > > some french guys site and all of a sudden it is TI's fault that it
> > > > sucks. I found this endlessly entertaining and a ridiculous display
of
> > > > how immature some of you are. For all you know it could have been
just a
> > > > cracked up version by some kiddy with a disassembler and a hex
editor
> > > > (i'm not saying i think it was, i am just saying it might as well
have
> > > > been). How many of you would complain to a software company if a
certain
> > > > (h)(cr)ack didn't work well?
> > > >
> > > > Sorry if i sound the slightest bit ignorant here but i am actually
> > > > laughing at the irritation i have at this topic. Give it a rest
until
> > > > there is something real to complain about.
> > >
> > >
> > > >** --------- End Original Message ----------- **
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > >
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