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Date: Mon, 03 May 2004 15:11:05 -0400
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Martin Krischik wrote:
> If there where a boxed version for reasonable price I would consider it.

The problem is that the box does not contain a compiler
but a support contract. And what is a reasonable price
for you is a money-losing waste of time for ACT. It's
likely that customers who are able to pay for expensive
support contracts actually use much less support than
would a multitude of people buying cheap ones.