[WriteLog] Updates

[Bruce Ferry]

I've been watching this thread for a while and figured it was time to
add my two cents.

I used TR before Writelog and switched because TR wasn't working
correctly under WIN98. I tried everything and even made suggestions
about how to address my specific problem without satisfaction.

Writelog certainly solved the problems and continues to work for me just
fine in a Windows XP environment, except for networking issues which
still seem to hang around. There are workarounds and that's OK as the
only thing I really use networking for is for backup purposes.

I don't care about SO2R or CW keying (right now anyway) and solutions
for problems with those things have ZERO value to me. Support for new
contest modules is also pretty useless to me. How about a generalized
contest module that we could configure ourselves (like TR) instead of
this contest specific stuff? I don't see enough value for the $30 per
year to keep renewing it. Over a 5 year period I would have close to
$200 in it with no end in sight.

I tried N1MM a couple of years ago and wasn't impressed at the time but
it looks like time to try again - it might be sufficient for the type of
contesting I do.

Then again, the current Writelog version I have may also be sufficient.
I'm probably going to just continue to use the latest version I have
(10.62) and hope that there are no serious problems.

The business model here is worse than Microsoft's - at least when they
get done updating a software product the bugs are pretty much worked out
and you usually do not have to upgrade to a new version (for a fee) to
solve bugs.

Rob wrote:
> I know there are a lot of hams who use and like N1MM. I tried it, here, 
> after many years of good results with WriteLog. I was never quite able to 
> get the SO2R to function the way it does with WriteLog, so I uninstalled 
> N1MM. Maybe I just needed to give it more learning-curve time, but I had 
> already invested plenty of time with WriteLog.
> 
> As for the price of an annual renewal, I'm paying close to $70 every time I 
> fill up the car, these days. So, $30 seems like a veritable drop in the 
> bucket. It is less than ten cents per day. And, if you have tried other 
> programs on RTTY, then you know that WriteLog is the preferred contest log, 
> hands down.
> 
> I just renewed to get an unexpired code for 10.63H, so I have another 12 
> months of my favorite contest log.
> 
> Rob K6RB
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "John L Merrill" <johnn1jm at gmail.com>
> To: "'Writelog'" <writelog at contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 8:59 AM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Updates
> 
> 
>> As much as I like free stuff, I'm not a big fan of freeware. N1MM to me
>> always seems to have some stability issues as you can tell with the amount
>> of upgrades that come out. I've always come back to Writelog. Sometimes 
>> you
>> get what you pay for. YMMV.
>>
>> 73,
>> John N1JM
>> Phoenix, AZ
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: writelog-bounces at contesting.com
>> [mailto:writelog-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Phil Duff & Ann Duff
>> Sent: Sunday, May 13, 2007 8:12 AM
>> To: Writelog
>> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Updates
>>
>> Richard Zalewski wrote:
>>> It seems to me that this program is on its way to the scrap heap of
>>> amateur contesting programs and yet we get hit up for another
>>> "contribution".
>> Not sure why Richard feels the statement  "...this "is on it's way to
>> the scrap heap..." is valid.
>>
>> WriteLog seems to me to be full-functioned with reasonable support.
>> I've never found it lacking in any substantial way thru many years of
>> use.   I've used CT and TR and made an attempt at N1MM but WL has always
>> been my favorite.
>>
>> 73 Phil NA4M
>>
>> -- 
>> -. .- ....- --   -. .- ....- -- -. .- ....- --
>> Phil Duff NA4M & Ann Duff
>> Georgetown, Texas
>> http://priceless.apduff.com
>>
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-- 
Bruce Ferry, AK8B

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