I have used the FTW for sometime, but have used the L.D.S. program for many many years. I can tell you with all of my heart in most ways L.D.S. program is superior to any except it does not make those beautiful print outs of so many types of reports as FTW. L.D.S. has a better way of controling the in put of data by not allowing any one to change the data or other information by mistake. A child could destroy your invormation if allowed to enter your FTW program. The control is excellent. I can also use the same back up disc over and over again. The FTW program will not write over a disc with any previous data written therefore I have a pile of backup disc that can only be used one time. L.D.S. will write over the same data on a disc many times. I have called Salt Lake City many times asking them to update their program to be able to build and print the many various types of reports like FTW. They have updated their program to Windows 95. I feel they will one day update their program to make the same many various reports as FTW when they do I will transfer my program back to L.D.S. I have many FTW CD'S and have found as many other people have found that my computer has trouble reading FTW CD'S therefore sends strange error messages. I have no trouble with other CD'S. These CD'S are new and not dirty. L.D.S. always supplies a high quality of product because they are not in the business of making money, but provide their services in the name of family love. If they ever change their program to one similiar to FTW I can assure you it will be far superior at a cost next to nothing. I hope someone at L.D.S. who is in charge of making these kinds of decisions reads this and hears my plea and starts to work on this project tomorrow. With regards Jo Ann