I second that statement. I hope that you don't take that personally. It is by far the best product and support. It really is too bad that a few bad remarks can cause so much hurt. You have a lot of friends that far outnumber those that are not. We do appreciate everything that you do for this superb program. I for one am very proud of the program and I read all the mail and I can truly see why you take it to heart. I am amazed at the number of complaints that come in that are not even related to the program but to the equipment. Trying to run Windows or any Windows based programs with 32 meg or less is for the experts to tweak and not for the faint of heart. Anytime sound files and graphics and text are being combined, you need horsepower. Every machine is different and every operator is different. The more experience the less complaints because the experienced person knows that many factors affect the operation of a machine. The hard drive and it's age, The amount of memory and the type of memory. The Processor is only one small part of the whole. Yes it serves a very important job but so does everything else. If people would only read these e-mails and see that everything is being done by the creator of this program that is within reason and within cost guide lines that we can handle. Also you can see by the constructive criticism how many and what type of complaints are coming in. If every person with a P133 were affected then you could safely say that something is definitely wrong with this program or with the P133. One complaint came in about a virus a short while ago and 50 reply's shortly thereafter disproved that to be true. I knew this to be true because I had just downloaded from the site. I also run an anti virus program but even if it were shut off it is still my responsibility. Yes Ira would probably like to know if he were the cause but by reading all the e-mails over those weeks one could ultimately see that he was not and everybody on the list got a lesson on virus like behavior. In conclusion and I apologize for being so long winded but I like this program and I like the Author of the program and I do not want to loose either. Constructive criticism is good for all of us. Destructive criticism will affect us all but benefit no one. So please think before you do. Thank you Ira. This comes from a lot of us that really appreciate everything that you do and our list owner and manager. I for one have learned a lot just since being a member........ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ernie Drabble" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 2:17 PM Subject: [CFTW] APPLAUSE WHERE IT IS DUE > Ira > > I have read all the complaints concerning Immigrate/Emigrate, etc., and don't really understand what all the fuss is about. You have very thoughtfully included a "Standard Events" editor in your Ver. 3 and as you have already explained, it doesn't take a genius to amend the event to whatever one's personal preference may be. I have used it to tweak a couple myself - my preference, no problem. > > I can understand you getting upset at what appear to be some personal attacks and you must wonder at times, "Is it worth it"? > > Yes, it most certainly is. I for one, am a more than satisfied registered user of your excellent program - even on my snail paced ancient P133 with 36m ram. Keep up the good work. You must realise that from all the very many registered users there are throughout the world, complaints such as these only emanate from a very very small minority. > > Keep up the good work. > > Ernie Drabble > > > ==== CFT-WIN Mailing List ==== > You can contact the List Manager at: > [email protected] > > ============================== > Search over 1 Billion names at Ancestry.com! > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >