Wow, Pete! V0.94!! I still have my first 3.5" disk somewhere around
here, but I think it is more like V2 or so.
I have always upgraded to whatever the latest version was within 24
hours of its becoming available, looking forward to the latest goodies
Paul had come up with. I miss that feeling: it has been exactly four
years to the day that I downloaded V8.01 and over two-a-and-a-half years
since V8.05.
Unlike a lot of people who don't seem to understand the software
development world, I would gladly pay twice as much twice as often if
Paul was able to keep up with the demands on his time, but I understand
he has a real life and a real job and as much as DX4WIN means to us, he
must be physically and emotionally exhausted from trying to satisfy
everyone.
My personal problem is that gradually some of my logging wants are
becoming needs and at some point those needs will overcome my loyalty to
Paul and DX4WIN. I don't need a Swiss Army Knife like DXLab, but I
could use a few more sharp blades in my old reliable Boy Scout knife.
Dick
--
Dick Flanagan K7VC
[email protected]
On 8/2/2013 5:14 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
I have been following this thread with a mixture of nostalgia,
sympathy, and annoyance. Getting the annoyance out of the way first,
I've been appalled by the tone of some of the comments. Anyone who
thinks Paul has gotten rich off this thing in its >20 years of
existenceis deluding himself. When I wrote ham radio software, back
in the 1980's, getting paid for it was something I regarded as a way
of "keeping score" - that effort took thousands of hours, reducing my
compensation to about 5 cents an hour.
I was the first paying customer for DX4WIN, version 0.94, and am still
up to date. I recognize that it is increasingly in need of updating,
and there are somethings it won't do that I now need, but it is still
a clean and simple to use program. I have tried three times to
migrate to DXlab, thinking it would give me more of what I need, and
each time I have given up, defeated by its complexity. I am currently
working to get comfortablewith Logger32, which does most of the things
on my wish-list. I certainly appreciate everything Paul and DX4WIN
have done for me over the years, and, who knows, I may be back.
73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the Reverse Beacon Network at
http://reversebeacon.net,
blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com.
For spots, please go to your favorite
ARC V6 or VE7CC DX cluster node.
On 8/2/2013 12:37 AM, Dick Flanagan wrote:
I have downloaded the DXLab entire product and it seems powerful,
indeed. My personal problem is that I have used DX4WIN for so long
it will be difficult to train my fingers to use a different program.
Let us know how your migration proceeds. I would be particularly
interested in any incompatibilities you might find, especially any
DX4WIN features you might find are not available in DXLab.
Dick
--
Dick Flanagan K7VC
[email protected]
On 8/1/2013 2:39 PM, Paul (Tex) Herson wrote:
Has anyone migrated to DXLab?? Any comments on how it compares to
DX4WIN? I've been playing with it seems to have a lot of nice
features.
73 Tex
ka5y
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