Sounds to me like the only Ranting and Raving is your Post. (and now maybe mine).
I don't think Ron was out of line in his position. It may not be everyone's but I for one didn't think it came across like it was everyones. And what's more I certainly never got out of his posts what you just attributed to him. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dennis > carlson > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:31 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] V6 Features > > Ron, let me see if I understand you correctly. First, you performed some > sort of evaluation of Legacy and thought it to > be the product that best met your needs - so you paid ~$30 to buy it. > Then, you told Millenia that you thought there > was an important feature that they should implement. Surprisingly, they > responded back to you that they agreed. > Evidently that did not satisfy you so you pressed them for a deadline. > Again surprisingly, they accommodated your > request and gave you a "best guess" time estimate. (I assume you were > still not a member of their board at that point.) > > Now, here we are "a year and a half" later and they've told you that your > suggestion could not be implemented in the > "soon to be released" upgrade - and you're angry. So now you want to > reward these good people who did their best to > accommodate your wishes, by trying to sour the attitude of all the other > users, or potential users, who generally are > satisfied with the value the product has delivered. > > Ron, I'm sorry that you have chosen this venue to vent your selfish anger. > You have done a dis-service to all the other > listers. The feature you talk about may be a very good one but that still > doesn't give you the right to rant like this > on a public forum. Move on to other products if you must but quit your > whining on this public list. > > I appreciate the people of Millenia for trying to help us see their future > direction. I think they have been more than > generous, and candid, in their personal interactivity with the members of > this user list. I hope the actions of people > like Ron don't succeed in stifling that. > Dennis > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Ron Bernier > Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 10:17 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] V6 Features > > > Glen, > > Your point is well taken. However, first we were told a witness function > would be in version 5. It wasn't. We were then told that the witness > function was more involved than originally anticipated and thus did not > make it into version 5. I appreciated Ken's explanation. We were then > told > that there were still plans to include a witness function because > Millennia > considered this a very important feature. Now, a year and half later, a > new version of Legacy is on the horizon and a witness function still has > not been included. I totally agree that Millennia is adding the bells and > whistles that will sell the most programs. My complaint is that those of > us who are interested in a witness function (and believe me, there are > considerably more people than what you apparently think there are) have > been strung along for more than a year and a half. Millennia has every > right to include the options that they feel will feed their bottom line. > But at least be honest with the users. Don't tell us a requested feature > will be implemented and a year and a half later there is no sign of that > feature nor does there appear to be any plan to offer that feature. I > would have moved on long ago if I had known that I would never see this > feature in Legacy. > -- > Ron Bernier > > > --On Thursday, August 25, 2005 8:50 AM -0700 Glen Ballard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ron, > > > > I suspect that the programming efforts needed to put this feature in > > would out weigh the cost benefit. I don't know how many others are > > clamoring for the Witnesses feature, but I would suspect it was far > > less than had asked for the IGI search routine and other bells and > > whistles that have been added. They need to put programming efforts > > in that will attract new users as well as please current users. If > > you are the only one who wishes this feature Or if you are one of a > > small hand full, how would that benefit them??? > > > > My two cents worth. > > > > Glen > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > > To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ > > To unsubscribe please visit: > http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group Etiquette guidelines can be found at: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp To find past messages, please go to our searchable archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup%40mail.millenniacorp.com/ To unsubscribe please visit: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/LegacyLists.asp
