I BEAT A GOTO!

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003 10:14:00 -0400, "Stephen Paul"
touched these keys:

Then again, the introductory version of TheSky that came with my Tasco
Starguide 4 is still my most used astronomy PC application. And, it was free
(well, I know that's not entirely true, but from the standpoint of being
"included" with the purchase).

On a previous thread of SkyTools discussion, I complained about the "other"
app that (not necessarily in the same words back then, and with refined
details now) all I want is an application that allows me to select an area
of a planetarium display, and then list that area's DSO objects to a


From a SkyTools user.....Just buy the damn thing. It's worth it! It
makes lists of things I can actually see. It won't list things to the
north where I have a line of huge pine trees, it won't list anything
to the west where the house blocks things.
I could go on but I won't. I'm VERY happy with SkyTools.


Mark P.

rockville md na terra solsys orion arm....

On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 21:51:40 -0600, Greg Crinklaw
wrote:

Just because you'd possibly save the $2.00 it would cost to mail it back
to me for a full refund if you don't like it? Sorry, but I just don't
get that. All this trouble over a lousy $2...

[...]

Now that's not unreasonable, is it? This other guy is clearly just
jerking me around.

No I'm not. I offered some reasonable suggestions (after an initial
faux pas which I've already said was due to the lack of info on your
web site regarding the actual database size) which you immediately
interpreted as offensive for some silly reason.

Plus, you can't even seem to get your own story straight as you
previously wrote:

"The purpose of a guarantee is not so that a few curious people can
play with the program and return it, having never meant to buy it in
the first place. It is there to protect the purchaser if, for some
reason, the product does not live up to what is described at our
web site."

This certainly implies to me that you will not be happy if I order the
product and then return it if I don't like it for some reason that *I*
may find important, but *you* may find insignificant. Forgive me, but
given your displayed attitude so far I'm hesitant to put my $100 and
your "guarantee" to the test.

---
Michael McCulloch

Now that's not unreasonable, is it? This other guy is clearly just
jerking me around.

No I'm not.

Yes your were. You are being an ass. Oh I am glad you are with SMAS. They
need people like you. ass



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Al Hall wrote:
Ditto here. Furthermore, with any new software there's a learning
curve that often takes some time before you can decide that the
software will work for you.

By the way, Greg has mentioned that he's going to put up something on his
web site that is more like a test drive. I'm going to reserve judgment
on requiring a demo (something that I would generally appreciate) until
I see this.

Brian Tung
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