[ct-user] CT, or not CT? That is the question!

[Bob Wruble]

if u think ct has features and functionality wait till u get
uptp speed on tr!!   good move de w7gg

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> From: John Lash <john.lash@yale.edu>
> To: ct-user@ve7tcp.ampr.org
> Subject: [ct-user] CT, or not CT?  That is the question!
> Date: Monday, June 23, 1997 6:23 AM
> 
> I don't have a crystal ball, but I'd be willing to bet that N6TR sees a
> fairly healthy increase in new customers over the next couple of months.  I
> won't be the first defector, but I'm going to be the next.  
> 
> The importance of support for a product and its users cannot be overstated.
>  Especially when it is such a mission critical application as this one.
> Let's face it, we have grown so dependent on this software, scores would be
> trememdously harmed if it didn't work consistently and predictably for the
> duration of the contest.
> 
> I was totally blown away by CT the first time I saw it, and have continued
> to be blown away by its incredible features and functionality, ease of use,
> intuitiveness, speed, and appearance with each new release.  I have really
> been hoping that some other ace programmer would come along and take over
> the rights to this software and make it his own, continuing to make it work
> as well as it always did, and maybe even add more new features (if there
> are any left that it doesn't already have!).  But I don't see that
> happening, nor do I get a sense of a positive future for this package. 
> 
> The comments I have been reading here lately have been scaring me.  So even
> though there are four months until the next big contest, I understand the
> left coast package has a bit of a learning curve, and so I had better get
> started now to give myself time to reprogram my fingers.  Alas, in sleep
> deprivation mode, it's the memory of the fingers that runs the software,
> not the memory of the brain!
> 
> I will stay tuned here, secretly hoping for some good news just in case...
> 
> 73 and a happy Summer to all (except those in the southern hemisphere),
> 
> John Lash
> WA2GO
> 
> ps I don't know anything at all about the business end of it, but I would
> have thought that the userbase was large enough (and committed enough) that
> there would be a significant financial incentive for someone to keep CT
> going strong.  Am I wrong?
> 
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