Why this phobia to HTML mail?

[David Gaskill]

On Fri, 15 Sep 2000 16:53:24 -0400, Larry Ebbitt wrote:

>I'm not asking for two versions, just one version properly coded so
>the eye-candy option won't be installed or executed if a switch is set.

So you can choose on installation whether to install a version with html 
capability or to install a version without this capability? That seems to me 
to be offering two versions but let that pass. 

In the light of this let me reformulate my question: if BSW offered this dual 
version the do you think they would see any increase in sales over their 
present offering?

Perhaps you would let me add another question: do you think BSW's sales 
of the OS/2 version of PMMail during the last six months have reached 
double figures? 

>If the thing has to be regressed into a bloated pile of wintrash to sell,
>I won't be using or recommending it.
>
>I strongly suspect this is all empty rhetoric. I doubt we'll even see
>bug fixes, let alone new features.

I think you are right - certainly as far as the OS/2 version is concerned. I 
simply don't see how BSW can make money out of this version. Do you 
think they can? 

David


David