Hopefully this has been beaten to death long enough. I am getting kind of tired of deleting Emails! I am sure Jack had his reasons for quitting, whether financial due to poor sales or just lack of interest matters not. Hams traditionallly are cheap when it comes to software, and I suspect that there are a lot more older versions of DXBase out there than newer ones. I bought the releases as they came out without even looking at the features. But, I am one of those "latest and greatest" kind of guys. That is why I bought Vista on the first day, and why I have preordered Windows 7. So no matter what the reasoning, let Jack rest in peace for goodness sakes. If you still have the older versions of DXBase, too bad. If you have the latest, then use it in good health and good dx. After all, DX IS!
Denny, WG6P Have a GREAT day! Denny..... ________________________________ From: Greg Engle <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; DXBase Reflector <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2009 10:12:14 AM Subject: Re: [Dxbase] a circle of regret? Hold on a minute, that's a pretty broad brush you're using. DXBase was unique in that the newer versions weren't bug fixes they were new feature releases. Some folks liked what they had and made the decision to not upgrade until a feature set they wanted was added. That makes perfect sense; if it's not broke don't fix it. In my case I was inactive and off the air from 2000 until this last summer. I had set my priorities to getting back on the air over upgrading the software but I had talked with Jack on the options. I'm up on the VHF/UHF side but I still have work to do on the HF side (rebuild high SWR tribander). So the money is still being rat holed for that project. Had I known in advance I probably would have spent the money one last time to upgrade. IMHO the software became too feature rich. I know you can configure to your liking but all I wanted was a LOG and Radio Control. So now I wait like the others to see what shakes out and if I want to stay with this product. It's all on me. Greg N6PYI -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Larry E Price Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 9:52 AM To: 'DXBase Reflector' Subject: [Dxbase] a circle of regret? I am mildly amused by the comments from the 'faithful fans' of Dxbase now that Jack has closed his web site and discontinued sales of Dxbase 2007. Which fans? , oh, the ones who are using, by their own admissions, OLD versions from 2000, 2001, 2002 etc through 2006. Maybe if they had been actually purchasing NEW versions, as have some of us, each year, a different business decision could have been reached. But, as is said, that's just my opinion, your mileage may vary. Larry, W4RA ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Dxbase mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dxbase Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
