Newsgroups: rec.arts.int-fiction
Subject: Re: Mapping questions
From: Garth Dighton <gdighton@yahoo.com>
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kevin@harrelson.com (Kevin Harrelson) wrote in
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> Garth Dighton <gdighton@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:<3d580d76$1_2@news2.newsgroups.com>...
>> "Gary Leighton" <gary.leithon@btinternet.com> wrote in
>> news:aj8vmq$7rq$1@knossos.btinternet.com:
> <<SNIP>>
>> There's one for windows, in the mapping section of the IF Archive --
>> I use it more as an Author than as a player.
>>
>> http://www.ifarchive.org/indexes/if-archiveXmapping-tools.html
>>
>> GUEMap is the one I use.
> <<SNIP>>
>
> It is really quite a shame.  I examined GUEMap, and it is rather good.
>  It is, however, not perfect.
>
> The real problem is that it is shareware, and requires spending $10 on
> it.  This itself is not a problem, but the author is creating a new
> version.  Here are your options....
>
> 1) Buy the old version for $10, and re-buy for another $10 when the
> next version arrives.
>
> 2) Wait for the next version.
>
> 3) Spend $30 to get a lifetime upgrade.
>
> All of these are fine options, EXCEPT -- the author seems to have
> dropped off of the face of the earth.  His e-mail gets bounced back
> (apparently his mailbox is over quota), and his web site has not been
> updated is over 1-1/2 years.
>
> I dislike option 1 because the new version is already in beta and
> SHOULD be coming soon.
>
> Option 2 may never happen.
>
> Option 3 may be a waste of $20 over option 1 because the new version
> may never be released.
>
> Does anybody know what the status of this program (and the author) is?
>

I paid the $10 fee about six months ago, when the "beta" release was in the
same state it is now. I honestly don't expect the author to ever finish the
next version, so I just bought the current one. It's been worth the money
(actually, I probably would have gone as high as $20-25 for it.)

At that time, his email worked fine, and I received my key fairly quickly.
I don't know what his current status is, though.

--
Garth Dighton
gdighton@yahoo.com



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