[plug] Religious debate - editor wars

[Richard Meyer]

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                      Onno Benschop                                                                                                 
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>On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 10:55, Richard Meyer wrote:
>> Does anybody who has used it, think it is worth the price? +- US$200?

>Not having had the time to head to the slickedit site - expecting that
>there is such a beast - are you telling me that it costs money?

There is and it does. :)

>As-in actual dollars? Do you get the source for it?

*REAL* dollars, not AU $. No.

>If the answer to the second is no, then I don't need to know the answer
>to the first...

Oh, all right.  :)

>Seriously, in *my* opinion, spending money on something that doesn't
>give you the source is not a viable option anymore.

I've spent lots of money on some very good non-open software before, and
was wondering whether the advantages touted on the site were worth the
money. For a small business/major hobbyist, that is.

RichardM