Re: [MI400] How does this software work??

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>would YOU buy a product from someone who insists on remaining anonymous?
imho - yes i would (if i evaluated the product properly) many dev shops
don't
want their programmers listed for fear of being raided by headhunters. or
for
someone to bypass a co with marketing rights.
<not the developer>
jim franz

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: <mi400@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 11:33 PM
Subject: RE: [MI400] How does this software work??


> I found this in the latest Midrange Guru technical newsletter:
>
> ----------
> Here are answers to questions posted on various forums about
> Fast400 and TigerTools:
>
> 1. Fast400 is not a Trojan Horse or snake oil. Fast400 is a utility to
help
> interactive response times, period.
>
> 2. Fast400's pricing is dependant on the model and feature code. Your
> cost will be approximately ten percent of upgrading your processor. To
> see the prices for Fast400, please visit
> http://www.tigertools.com/products.asp?ID=3&proID=9
>
> 3. The developer's identity and methods are trade secrets.
>
> 4. If Fast400 fails to perform in the future, TigerTools will fix the
> problem
> or return a fair portion of the price.
>
> 5. TigerTools will rent the software on a quarterly basis if you are
> concerned with #4.
> --------
>
> I know the fine folks at the Guru.  Top of the line in the industry,
> definitely some of the best and brightest minds in our community.  I don't
> know how involved any of them are in the product, however.  The bit about
> the developer's identity being a trade secret kind of obscures that.
>
> An open question to the developer of Fast400: would YOU buy a product from
> someone who insists on remaining anonymous?
>
> Joe
>
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