[Dx4win] DXLab

[Dick Flanagan]

Wow, Pete!  V0.94!!  I still have my first 3.5" disk somewhere around 
here, but I think it is more like V2 or so.

I have always upgraded to whatever the latest version was within 24 
hours of its becoming available, looking forward to the latest goodies 
Paul had come up with.  I miss that feeling:  it has been exactly four 
years to the day that I downloaded V8.01 and over two-a-and-a-half years 
since V8.05.

Unlike a lot of people who don't seem to understand the software 
development world, I would gladly pay twice as much twice as often if 
Paul was able to keep up with the demands on his time, but I understand 
he has a real life and a real job and as much as DX4WIN means to us, he 
must be physically and emotionally exhausted from trying to satisfy 
everyone.

My personal problem is that gradually some of my logging wants are 
becoming needs and at some point those needs will overcome my loyalty to 
Paul and DX4WIN.  I don't need a Swiss Army Knife like DXLab, but I 
could use a few more sharp blades in my old reliable Boy Scout knife.

Dick

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Dick Flanagan K7VC
dick at k7vc.com

On 8/2/2013 5:14 AM, Pete Smith N4ZR wrote:
> I have been following this thread with a mixture of nostalgia, 
> sympathy, and annoyance.  Getting the annoyance out of the way first, 
> I've been appalled by the tone of some of the comments. Anyone who 
> thinks Paul has gotten rich off this thing in its >20 years of 
> existenceis deluding himself.  When I wrote ham radio software, back 
> in the 1980's, getting paid for it was something I regarded as a way 
> of "keeping score" - that effort took thousands of hours, reducing my 
> compensation to about 5 cents an hour.
>
> I was the first paying customer for DX4WIN, version 0.94, and am still 
> up to date.  I recognize that it is increasingly in need of updating, 
> and there are somethings it won't do that I now need, but it is still 
> a clean and simple to use program.  I have tried three times to 
> migrate to DXlab, thinking it would give me more of what I need, and 
> each time I have given up, defeated by its complexity.  I am currently 
> working to get comfortablewith Logger32, which does most of the things 
> on my wish-list.  I certainly appreciate everything Paul and DX4WIN 
> have done for me over the years, and, who knows, I may be back.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
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> On 8/2/2013 12:37 AM, Dick Flanagan wrote:
>> I have downloaded the DXLab entire product and it seems powerful, 
>> indeed.  My personal problem is that I have used DX4WIN for so long 
>> it will be difficult to train my fingers to use a different program.  
>> Let us know how your migration proceeds.  I would be particularly 
>> interested in any incompatibilities you might find, especially any 
>> DX4WIN features you might find are not available in DXLab.
>>
>> Dick
>>
>> -- 
>> Dick Flanagan K7VC
>> dick at k7vc.com
>>
>> On 8/1/2013 2:39 PM, Paul (Tex) Herson wrote:
>>> Has anyone migrated to DXLab??  Any comments on how it compares to 
>>> DX4WIN?  I've been playing with it seems to have a lot of nice 
>>> features.
>>>
>>> 73 Tex
>>> ka5y
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