[Dxbase] Farewell

Fri Jul 31 18:08:12 EDT 2009

I don't know what to say other than it is an excellent program and does not
contain any malware or advertising. There is a DXLabs Yahoo group that the
author (Dave, AA6YQ) monitors all the time. He won the ARRL Technical
Excellence award last year. He is the same person who has taken over
updating the MTTY program as well.
73.
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of RICHARD SOLOMON
Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 2:42 PM
To: DXBase Reflector
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Farewell
I was going to try to install DXLabs logging program, but it stopped,
telling me it had to update files on my computer. Now I keep up with
all the latest MS updates, so I was hesitant to let DXLabs update
anything.
The last time I let some app "update" my files it took me two weeks
to fix my computer.
But, you get what you pay for.
 
73, Dick, W1KSZ
Still using DXB2001 !!
 
> From: kq5s at kq5s.com
> To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Date: 2009年7月31日 13:25:13 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Farewell
>> Try DXLabs (http://www.dxlabsuite.com/). A great suite of programs with
> terrific support by the developer and it is free.
>> It sure didn't take them long to pull the plug on DXbase.com. I would have
> thought they would have kept it up for a while to let users know what is
> going on. Not everyone subscribes to this reflector.
>> 73,
> Tom
> KQ5S
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Bill Parry
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 9:21 AM
> To: 'Jack'; dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Dxbase] Farewell
>> I have assumed that this was coming for some time. Fortunately or not, I
> still really like DXBase. Like several that have commented on this
product,
> I have used it since it was a DOS based product. I guess, even though I
> intend to continue to use DXBase, I should begin to look around to find
some
> other logging program that has equivalence. I don't want to be caught sort
> when the inevitable comes and DXBase won't work on some new machine I buy.

>> I wonder if anyone has done any research into other logging programs that
> offer similar things to DXBase. (Frankly I hope that someone decides to
use
> this program as a base and expand on it...I don't mind the price.) I am
> expecting a switch to be an unpleasant task since I have contacts
stretching
> over 5 decades and many thousands of contacts. :-(
>> Bill W5VX
>> -----Original Message-----
> From: dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:dxbase-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
> On Behalf Of Jack
> Sent: Friday, July 31, 2009 10:52 AM
> To: dxbase at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Dxbase] Farewell
>> Effective today, we have discontinued the sale of DXbase and we have taken

> steps to close Scientific Solutions, Inc. For many months, we have studied

> the prospects of further development work on DXbase. We have studied your 
> answers to surveys, private emails, reflector posts, and telephone calls. 
> It became clear to us that DXbase 2007 already provides nearly all of the 
> capabilities that the vast majority of our customers want. Therefore it 
> would be unlikely that we could improve enough on DXbase to warrant
upgrades
>> in the near future.
>> So after many many years, we have come to the end. We appreciate the 
> loyalty that we have been given by so many of you and we wish you success
in
>> your ham activities. We've made a ton of friendships over the years and we

> are grateful to have been given that opportunity. We will of course remain

> active in ham radio and will no doubt see many of you again.
>> We have been accepting offers for the purchase of all rights associated
with
>> DXbase source code and will continue to accept offers for another ten days

> or so. If a deal is reached with anyone, you'll hear about it from them. 
> Since our DXbase email address will be shut down shortly, we will be 
> accepting offers at a temporary email address aa4lu123 at yahoo.com.
>> Best wishes and thanks for your support,
> Jack
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