In message <1328154023.12670.YahooMailNeo@web120101.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>, R L Brown <wiseguy_wv@yahoo.com> writes: >Someone said that Jill was a bit too harsh with her comment.  I >disagree.  She echoed my thoughts exactly. >  >I also have been a BK user since the DOS days, with even more names and >photos, and I'm a very satisfied customer.  I've sampled many other >programs over the years, but none compares to BK for its reliability >and ease of use.  Through all the platform and version upgrades, I've >never lost a single molecule of data.  And the support is unparalleled. I haven't really tried any of the others, but I _am_ very reluctant to do so (I don't think "trying" is really on: unless one is only a beginner with less than, say, 100 people, I suspect it's a matter of moving to, not trying), because I _suspect_ the support with _any_ of the others will be nowhere as good. Usually relying on other users _only_, or no support at all. >  >Several months ago someone else complained that BK was falling behind >the others due to its lack of bells and whistles and failure to adopt >the latest programming capabilities.  I disagree with that also.  What >BK lacks in fanciness and glitz, it makes up for by being a >straightforward, reliable user-friendly database.  And that should be That might have been me. I love BK, but can't honestly say I'd recommend it to a new user, _because_ it is _so_ lacking in things they might expect. I realise this is going to cause a fight here! Things like the way it isn't clickable from the various charts it can produce, its idiosyncratic image handler (though it can now use an external one) ... >everyones top priority.  The periodic BK updates have consistently >provided improvements while retaining the program's underlying >simplicity and integrity.  I'm always afraid, when there's a long >period between updates, that JS is about to unveil a new and improved >BK that will rob it of the characteristics that we all appreciate... or >should. Don't worry - it doesn't look at all likely! I would rather _pay for_ a BK7 than buy one of the competitors. But I don't think it is going to come along soon - JS can only do so much, and the excellent support of BK6 must take up all the time of one person. But remember, such things have happened in the past: BK5 - and DOS-compatible versions - _did_ have their _development_ stopped eventually, though _support_ in the form of answer to "how to" etc. questions does still occasionally appear. >  >Rennie Brown >West Union, WV [] -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf What is the world to a man when his wife is a widow? (think about it ...)