OK.... I agree too.... our programmers are only human and we are very spoiled by the terrific product we have....
Excellent point ... each of us has different ideas of what we would like Legacy to do... Bottom line for me is..... There is nothing else that comes close to Legacy for functionality... to say nothing of customer responsiveness!!!! -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Leavitt Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 4:17 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. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Bob > Janetzko > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 7:28 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [LegacyUG] New Legacy Update - 23 March 2005, Version > 5.0.0.217 > > > Hellooooo??? The whole point was that if they tested their code before > releasing it, THERE WOULD BE NO NEED FOR FIXES. > 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
