Glen, Those are some fascinating Legacy-breaking scenarios you've got there, but how many of them have actually happened?
I'm not aware of any Legacy bugs that were caused by the processor or any other hardware that was being used in the computer. Millennia specifies only "Pentium class computer" in the System Requirements. Could you please refresh our memories on just what processor or hardware broke Legacy? I'm not aware of any Legacy bugs that were caused by the version of Windows that was in use. Since the System Requirements specified by Millennia are "Window 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows ME, or Windows XP", it would behoove them to do the appropriate testing to make sure that Legacy actually works on all of those and that they are not just making up the operating system requirements for convenience sake. Legacy does not require that the user buy Microsoft Access in order to use the program. They are totally separate products. Legacy does use Access- compatible files, but not MS Access. Could you please refresh our memories on just what MS Access bugs broke Legacy? I would not even call the recent problem with Acrobat Reader a bug, but just a compatibility issue which depended on the version of Acrobat that was installed. I don't recall Millennia stating that every future version of Acrobat would work flawlessly with the files Legacy created, since they obviously cannot test what does not yet exist. I would guess that about 99% of the Legacy bugs are due strictly to the Legacy code itself regardless of what hardware, operating system, or other software is being used on the computer. I have no idea how you got the impression that it is everyone else who keeps breaking Legacy. Of all the thousands of software titles available in your local stores, none of them cost hundreds of thousands of dollars, most of them are considerably more complex than Legacy, and most of them either require no bug fixes at all or merely one single update that is released almost immediately after the product has been released for sale. Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Glen Ballard Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 17:42 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] New Legacy Update - 23 March 2005, Version 5.0.0.217 Bob, I would suggest then that you setup 1000's of computers at your house with most every configuration of hardware and software combinations possible and volunteer testing their software for them on every platform, every hardware possibility from Pentium 1 / AMD / Cyrix processors and every variation up to the most modern processors of today with every possible version of windows with every possible patch level from Windows 95 unpatched to Windows 2003 Server fully patched. If you were to do this, then it could be tested before release to the general public. Oh, might I mention that you would have to hire the 1000's of people to run the tests and write hundreds of pages of test procedures for this test. And before you could test Legacy fully, you would have to make sure that 1.) every version of the OS was totally bug free 2.) every version of Access, used for Legacy's back end database, was totally bug free 3.) every version of the other components supported by Legacy that aren't owned or written by Legacy were totally bug free (such as Adobe Acrobat Reader). And then - repeat this process with every release of Legacy, Windows, Access, Acrobat, etc... Oh, and if they were to do this setup and hire the staff to do the testing mentioned above, the product would cost hundreds of thousands of dollars and not the very affordable $19.95 (Internet download price). My 2 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
