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Hear hear!! The cost of ownership was a major reason for my leaving RoboHelp
also. Plus some serious quirks with the software (cannot speak for v7 or
later). Plus really poor tech support (at least, my experience).
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: John Garison [mailto:JGarison -at- IDENTERPRISE -dot- COM]
>>>Sent: Thursday, April 22, 1999 9:22 AM
>>>To: TECHWR-L -at- LISTSERV -dot- OKSTATE -dot- EDU
>>>Subject: Re: FW: ForeHelp vs. RoboHelp
>>>
>>>
<snip>
>>>RoboHELP has been extraordinarily expensive to own - Blue
>>>Sky, in their
>>>infinite wisdom, have been releasing "major upgrades" about every 6
>>>months it seems, at the cost of a couple of hundred dollars each.
<snip>
>>>And since BlueSky stop supporting older versions (if
>>>you can GET
>>>an answer from their support people), you are pretty much forced to
>>>upgrade.
>>>
<snip>
>>>John Garison
>>>Principal Technical Writer
>>>Integrated Development Enterprise, Inc.
>>>150 Baker Avenue Extension
>>>Concord MA 01742-2174
>>>
