[PaQSO] Changes to PAQSO Party rules

[heathkit at juno.com]

I'm not a big contester, but when I do participate, I use my computer to assist me in logging.

Am I in the minority?  Or do most hams -today- utilize other methods/tools in their contesting activities?

I bring this up because I wonder if we are gradually chipping away the endurance of the folks who write this software when they have to spend time continually updating the software to accommodate the constant tide of change.  

Forgive my ignorance, but maybe we don't suffer from a dearth of such software and therefore you can hit the DELETE button here, but in my recent quest to find some good logging software, I came across this statement from someone who actually WRITES software for our contest:

   ... Generally, rule changes result in a state QSO party program's removal.

I for one, miss Don Reamer's (KA3JWE) PAQSO Party program.  Not sure why he stop supporting it.  (Could it have been the headaches associated with constant change?)

Just food for thought..that's all.

Respectfully,  
Danny Ruth
W3ZF   heathkit at juno.com    http://www.qsl.net/w3zf/

P.S.  BTW, I haven't made any decisions on logging software yet and was wondering if any type of "buyer's guide" exists to help me make my decision.  Any recommendations for any logging software (that has wide contest coverage) would be warmly welcomed.