As a vendor, I have kept out of this, having a vested interest.
Nearly 30 years ago, we did an intellectual property swap with the then owners of MANFACT, and have continued developing and supplying our product since. We call it Beacon for Business. We believe the income we enjoy from our customers comes with responsibility for supplying: - warranty (fixing any bugs) - answering questions - supply of continued enhancements Enhancements include about 1,000 changes per year including: - VB .Net user interface - parameter-driven data entry, reports, forms and queries - upgrades driven from user wish-lists, eg barcodes - latest is integration with online shop floor machine monitoring and management If Epicor have taken over MANFACT, without taking on the responsibilities, there is no advantage to be gained by staying with them. Such a pity! -- Kate Stanton Walstan Systems Ltd 4 Kelmarna Ave, Herne Bay, Auckland 1011, New Zealand Phone: + 64 9 360 5310 Mobile: + 64 21 400 486 Email: k...@walstan.com _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
