AMEN
I have been using Legacy since Ver 2, Ver3, and Ver 3 Deluxe.
I have used 95, 98, and with my new computer I am using ME. I have never
had any problems with Legacy any Version. I can not understand why anyone
is having all these problems.
Ronnie
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Bashford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, June 03, 2001 8:40 AM
Subject: [LegacyUG] Constant crashes ... a retired programmer's opinion
>
> This is a repost of a message I sent to the list over a year ago ... and
> nothing's happened since then to change my mind.
>
>
> At 10:42 PM 02/23/1999 +0100, you wrote:
> >If, from the 40 odd programs that I have running on my machine, only one
> >crashes, I oddly enough think that the problem lies within that program
and
> >not with the 39 others.
>
> I started programming in 1967 ... worked as a programmer, systems
> programmer, system designer and owned all or part of several businesses
...
> I've worked in perhaps a dozen languages on 15-20 different operating
> systems ... retired in 1996 and still spend several hours a day working on
> a computer ... so I think that I have a broad perspective on computer
> problems ... and it's quite possible that 1 program out of 40 can fail
(and
> fail often, dramatically, and annoyingly) ... and still not be at fault
...
>
> Let's say (and it's quite probable) that those 40 programs are written in
> ten different languages ... and use five different data base engines ...
> and that that one failing program uses a combination of language and dbe
> that's used by no other ... and that combo uses a language feature ... or
> OS feature ... that's called (used) by no other program ...
>
> The programmer has every right to assume that the requested
> function/call/subroutine/dll will work properly ... or, when it doesn't,
> will return a comprehensible and trappable error message ... now remember
> that when Microsoft updated Win 3.x to Win 95, they boasted (more or less)
> that they had corrected 3,000 bugs ...
>
> Millenia (Ken and Dave) have let us know that some of those assumed
> functions, etc have known bugs (in this case, in the combination of
> Microsoft Visual Basic (language), Microsoft Access (data base engine) and
> Microsoft OS (3.x, 95, 98) ... and Microsoft is notoriously slow to fix
> bugs (if at all) ... and Millennia is using workarounds (fixing their
> programs to "work around" the known or newly discovered bugs in someone
> else's code) ... but these workarounds must often be done in dozens or
> hundreds of places to fix one bug ...
>
> So it's entirely possible that the one failing program is not at fault ...
> every time you press a key while working in Legacy , the work of dozens to
> hundreds of programmers not employed by Millennia is invoked ... and it's
> really a wonder that it (anything on a computer) works at all ... even
more
> so if you consider that 10,000 PCs probably have close to 10,000 different
> configurations of hardware, software, and active programs ...
>
> My opinion is that Legacy is a very finely done product ... well
> conceived, well executed, not flawless (but they're working on it), with
> very dedicated support, frequent (and useful) updates (at no charge) ...
>
> I haven't found a better genealogy program ... or people that I'd rather
> deal with ...
>
> Regards, Bob Bashford
>
>
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