[GeoStL] Re: GSAK rumor
- From: Dan Henke <thunder_monk@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 10:09:36 -0800 (PST)
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I agree it is not that GSAK is not a good program and is probably worth the
extra money but when I paid the $20 in the beginning it was stated "for life"
....There is no ambiguity in that staement ...for life means just what it
says.It is also one of the reasons I bought the program instead of using it for
free. I remember thinking that it was quite a bargain.
I personally don't use GSAK for most of it's functions but I do use it for
converting the .gpx file into something my Microsoft Streets and Trips software
will read and also once in a while for printing out the cache pages. I had
planned on checking out the rest of the features for use this summer. So the
point is not that it isn't worth the money but rather a statement that was made
when I purchased it and which is now just glibly thrust aside because it is too
costly.
Jack Konecker <jack.konecker@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I never said GSAK wasn't a good program. I paid my
$20 in 2005.
I only use it a couple of times a month and barely
use its features. One day when the power went
out at home, I decided to get out the laptop and take
some time to go through all the menu items. Neat stuff,
however, I don't think I'll ever need to use more than
10% of its capabilities (even less, now that gc.com
supports finding caches along a route). I've gotten
along fine without needing to use its scripting
capabilities.
It is convenient to say that everyone should stop
complaining because they can continue to use v6.
However, if gc.com changes something that requires
a change to GSAK (remember when gc.com added
the special waypoint lists?), Clyde is not going to
touch the v6 code to make it compatible; thus v6
will become obsolete.
GSAK got where it is today partly due to people
paying $20 and expecting to never have to pay
again 'for a lifetime'. Perhaps that was poor
wording on Clyde's part and he should have been
more clear on his intentions (he admitted he changed
the wording somewhere down the line).
People whose argument is 'shut up and pay for the
upgrade because GSAK is a good program' are
missing the point.
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