At 05:54 PM 5/23/2004, David Tilley wrote: >Now you know why I'm still on 5.03, and plan to stay there. From what >I've seen on this list, upgrading does little more than cause problems. >No thank you. >
Several points -- the guys who write and support this software do so as a sideline. If they were trying to support themselves from it, the cost would be have to be far more, or it would not exist. I'm also aware that over the last few days, there have been frequent power outages in the area where Steve lives. There was also a fussy detail called the Dayton Hamvention, which had the full-time attention of both Paul and Steve. Try being a little flexible. Paul has done a lot of work to make the licensing and upgrade aspects of DX4Win as simple and trouble-free as possible. Add to that the hundreds of volunteer hours that AD1C has put into refining the country file, and I don't think there's much excuse for people who have horrible difficulty upgrading, unless it's simply an absence of RTFM. DX4Win 6.03 is a modest improvement on 6.02, from my perspective, but it also doesn't cost anything for users of Version 6. If it doesn't add things you need or want, don't upgrade. For users of Version 5 the improvements are more substantial; take a look at the web site and see if you want them, and if you qualify for a free upgrade or not. The upgrade policy is very liberal, in my opinion. 73, Pete N4ZR The World HF Contest Station Database was updated on April 26, 2004 2706 contest stations at www.pvrc.org/WCSD/WCSDsearch.htm
