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months be superseded by 10.6.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
* * *
