Re: Price of OmniGraffle for iPad

I guess I am confused why all the hoopla continues to grow.  If you don't
like the price, don't buy it until you see some reviews on it.  If it is a
good products the reviews will show it; if not the reviews will show that as
well.  Apple has just dropped another great product and we should all be
smiling today.

:-)


On 4/4/10 2:47 PM, "Macdonald, Clint" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Mr. Case:
> 
> This is the best, least hysterical reply I have heard to my query. Thanks!
> 
> I look forward to being convinced that OmniGraffle.iPad is worth whatever you
> charge for it.
> 
> Best wishes,
> Clint
> 
> On Apr 4, 2010, at 1:40 PM, Ken Case wrote:
> 
>> A really good point was raised on the forums, which I think bears repeating
>> here.  Forum user davidwb wrote:
>> 
>>> You are asking me to spend $50 on a product completely on faith. There's no
>>> demo, no lite version. The App store offers no money back guarantee. At $20
>>> I'd cross my fingers and take the risk. Even knowing the quality of Omni
>>> products - owning two of them and upgrading them immediately since version 1
>>> - I can't jump this shark.
>> 
>> My reply:
>> 
>> I think that's perfectly reasonable: you shouldn't spend that sort of money
>> on faith, and we're not asking you to do so.
>> 
>> Building an app worth $50 was simply our first challenge. (And while I think
>> our design, engineering, and QA teams have done a great job so far, we've
>> only reached our first 1.0 milestone: we're not done yet!)
>> 
>> But having built that app, it's now our responsibility to demonstrate to your
>> satisfaction that it's worth $50 of your money. We've started this process by
>> posting screenshots and intro videos, but we have a lot more work to do on
>> that front: we'll be publishing more videos and other information on our own
>> web site, of course, but it would also help to have trusted third-party
>> reviews, demo copies in retail stores, demo copies available for in-person
>> demonstrations at user groups, and so on.
>> 
>> So, no, please don't cross your fingers and spend your $50 completely on
>> faith. Tell us what you need to be able to make an informed decision, and
>> we'll do our best to help you reach one. (And if your informed decision is
>> not to purchase the app, we'll understand!)
>> 
>> Ken______
> 
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