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Thoughts from a MAN of Reason, HENDRIK:
>Thoughts from the mind of Alexis Aiosa, 13-02-2002:


>[gonna try to keep this posting shortish]

granted, I here ya...I don't want you to waste time on this issue.

>OK, that's your response to being provoked, and a choice that's 
>entirely up to you.  Personally I'm not too fond of the "eye for an 
>eye" idea...

I hear you...But sometimes I just feel the urge to do it.

>[...explanation deleted...]
>>And again the idea of charging full value on delineated technology on a skip
>>upgrade is unethical.
>
>Right, you make some valid points here.  Indeed, since v4 is now 
>becoming "obsolete technology", it's not quite reasonable that when 
>upgrading from v3 to v5 you have to pay the full v4 update costs plus 
>the v5 costs.  I hadn't looked at it that way before, but you indeed 
>have a point here.

Thank you so much Hendrik, because hearing that coming from you...Makes my
day!  I don't know that this will resolve anything with Emagic.  But you
being a person that I do value and respect.  That makes it all okay. 
Because one person of reason and logic, just confirmed my belief...that is
all I need to move on. And at least those one or two people that see my
point...now they can be weary of what lies in the future.

>I know it was.  It just caught my attention that within a few days 
>you posted a couple of rather, uhm..., angry letters...  So I started 
>wondering if everything was alright over there :-).

Yes and no...there is some trouble in paradise.  But I am sure now that it
is getting a tad better, step by step.  But thank you for asking...showing
concern for me, makes a person walk away with less contempt.

>BTW, I too do have a somewhat 'itchy' feeling regarding this whole 
>upgrade story.  I have ordered the upgrade and will continue to use 
>Logic, since I love the program, in principle.  But e.g. the fact 
>that essential bugs that have been around for quite some time are 
>simply still there, gives me a rather (or: very) uncomfortable 
>feeling.  Then there's the issue of not knowing whether there's gonna 
>be a stable 4.x version to which you can revert if v5 proves to be 
>unstable (I've had quite a few 4.x versions that _really_ were 
>crash-country, and thank the gods that 4.8.1 behaves so well).  Then 
>there's the stupid business of sending in your dongle & CD and thus 
>having to buy a postal insurance for some $1500.  And the issue of 
>not being able to transfer your property-rights to some Emgic 
>software to someone else (not that I'd want to, but it's a matter of 
>principle).  

Damn, I was hoping to get rid of my license...I was going to go on a
desperate search to find the 399.00, LA4 with AW2 deal, and then give my
copy to a poor kid with no money.  But you are right, this smells really
stinky and is blatant disrespect of our resources.  

>Etc.  Quite a bit too many "uncomfortable" issues to be 
>entirely comfortable about the upgrade.  And then realise that I've 
>been so 'silly' to order the gold-platinum upgrade as well -- which 
>will set me back some $400...  I just pray that all will go well, and 
>if not, then expect to see some angry letters from me in the LUG too 
>:-).

ROTFLMAO!  I guess I should stick around, wait and see...this could very
well get very interesting.  Just hang back, and watch the words fly like
arrows.

>My main hope for the direct future is this: now that v5 is out and 
>all new features Emagic wanted to implement have been implemented, 
>let them PLEASE concentrate on bug-fixes and stability issues for the 
>next couple of subreleases.  I don't need a VST system-link, or other 
>crap, I don't need a zillion new features -- I just want the program 
>to act decently, run for days without crashing, and be as bug-free as 
>possible.  One can always hope, right...?

I couldn't agree more...but with those words...
KEEP HOPE ALIVE!  Famous words of Martin Luther King.  Along with "I Have
Dream".

Peace, and thanks for being able to see my frustration.  That just made me
feel a whole lot better, and confirmed that I wasn't totally insane.  

Peace,
Alexis