Well said Ken!! I too am a small business owner. You must have been writing about the accounting program I use. Just try & get some help from that outfit. Rots of Ruck!!! Ann in New Mexico USA
----- Original Message ----- From: "Rodney Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 3:08 AM Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] New Legacy Update - 23 March 2005, Version 5.0.0.217 > Couldn't be better put, Ken! Well said. Amen. > > -- > Rodney HALL > Heywood, Lancashire > > Suaviter sed fortiter > Agreeably but powerfully > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://rmhh.co.uk/ > http://rmhh.org.uk/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of Ken Leavitt > > Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 9:17 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] New Legacy Update - 23 March 2005, > > Version 5.0.0.217 > > > > As someone who ran his own business in the not too distant > > past, I can > > testify to purchasing software that was represented to do > > various things > > that in reality proved otherwise. This software was MS-Dos > > based, cost > > several thousand dollars initially, required the user to > > purchase an annual > > "maintenance" contract for several hundred dollars, came out with new > > versions whenever they got around to it, included buggy code > > with every > > version, and included only new features that the software > > company felt would > > be helpful in expanding their customer base by the greatest > > number. Each new > > version "fixed" some existing problems, and usually created > > new ones that > > the software company "fixed" whenever they found the time and > > had enough > > customers screaming bloody murder. One of the problems the > > company faced, > > and I am sure any software developer faces is that each end user has > > different ideas about how they want the software to work, and > > the end user > > cannot understand why the company doesn't drop everything and > > rewrite their > > code to meet the end user's particular needs. Yet in spite of > > it all, this > > company has thrived and provides the software of choice in > > their highly > > competitive industry. When you hold that up against the > > Legacy software, > > that is free in its basic form, and costs 20 to 30 dollars in > > its deluxe > > version with no charge for updates and which releases updates > > as often as > > they do, my sense is your energies would be better directed > > to writing a > > software program that does everything exactly the way you > > would like it and > > then see whether the marketplace agrees. Obviously, no one > > wants software > > that has bugs, but I would with all due respect point out > > that the world > > wide acceptance of this product, evidenced by the vast array > > of end users > > from different countries that participate in this user's > > group seem to say > > Legacy is doing something right. Just my humble opinion. > > > > > 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
