Hi Jean, I guess to be brutally honest, I should say that Megadots, which was designed around DOS, has come to the end of it's development cycle. 2.3 has just been released, and will be the last Megadots. While having been made to work in Windows, it cannot economically be developed further. It has been an excellent program, and is still popular amongst users, but it is very much showing its age. On the other hand, DBT is designed specifically around Windows, and the current version 10.5 will in the coming months be superseded by 10.6. Development of DBT 10.# will continue, while a new version is being developed very much with Windows Vista in mind. We are assured this new development will incorporate many of the good points of Megadots, brought up to date with modern programming methods. Also, an important consideration is that buyers are entitled to free upgrades of DBT during the first year. I'm afraid you won't get that with Megadots, other than for any fixes to "show stoppers". George Bell. -----Original Message----- From: duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxuser-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jean Menzies Sent: 01 April 2006 04:32 To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [duxuser] new member I'm new to the list and am contemplating buying either DBT or Megadots. Based on the website descriptions, I can't really decide which one might be better. Well, they're probably both good, but I don't really know what the differences are. If anyone is familiar with both, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Or, if you really like or dislike one, I'd like to hear that, too. Jean * * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * * * * * * This message is via list duxuser at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxuser-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * *