Lark - the reason some of us tend to harp on the upgrade is that most of the issues that everyone has is that the version they are using (like you with V10) are moving up to an OS (whether you wanted to or not) that your Dcad version was never meant to work with. The fact that Dcad has worked so well for so long on so many (newer) iterations of Windoze says a TON for Dave G's coding and loyalty to we users.
You also mention that some cannot afford (and probably wouldn't use) the upgrade. This is very true - my wife and I were among the many that lost our jobs, couldn't find any other jobs and lost our house that we had scrimped and saved for. Was it a struggle to pay the upgrade price? Yes. Was it worth it for the new features? Yes - but I don't use some of the new "whiz-bang" features; I do use the basic productivity enhancements that have made my job easier along the way. Could I have made do without the upgrades? Probably, but at some point DC LLC would have to cease to exist if we all assumed that stance - and what good would that do? I've got quite a few legacy files from other programs that I used to use that no longer exist - and all of the info within them are now lost. I REALLY don't want that to happen with my DC files!
Maybe a better way to look at this (for everyone) is that Dcad is a tool, just like a hammer or saw or drill. If one of your tools breaks you have two choices - do without it, or bite the bullet and buy a new one. And that new one may have more goodies on it than you need or want, and may cost WAY more than you'd like to spend on it - but it's an issue of can you be as productive without it just because the old one (that you now can't use) did everything you needed.
So here's the question for ALL of us: Do we continue to bitch and moan that our perfectly good (outdated) software doesn't work with the new whiz-bang OS's that we're forced (at some point) to upgrade to, and then punish the (outdated software) developer who had nothing to do with the OS upgrade (other than having to update THEIR software to work with the new OS) by refusing to upgrade, or do we bite the bullet and upgrade our perfectly good software so that 1) we CAN continue to work and 2) the software developer can continue to support us with the functionality we love?
Sorry for the long-winded reply, and this isn't directed specifically at you, Lark - but we can either support DC LLC (upgrading our licenses) so that they can continue, or we can support another cadd developer because our beloved DC LLC can't continue due to lack of users upgrading.
You also mention that some cannot afford (and probably wouldn't use) the upgrade. This is very true - my wife and I were among the many that lost our jobs, couldn't find any other jobs and lost our house that we had scrimped and saved for. Was it a struggle to pay the upgrade price? Yes. Was it worth it for the new features? Yes - but I don't use some of the new "whiz-bang" features; I do use the basic productivity enhancements that have made my job easier along the way. Could I have made do without the upgrades? Probably, but at some point DC LLC would have to cease to exist if we all assumed that stance - and what good would that do? I've got quite a few legacy files from other programs that I used to use that no longer exist - and all of the info within them are now lost. I REALLY don't want that to happen with my DC files!
Maybe a better way to look at this (for everyone) is that Dcad is a tool, just like a hammer or saw or drill. If one of your tools breaks you have two choices - do without it, or bite the bullet and buy a new one. And that new one may have more goodies on it than you need or want, and may cost WAY more than you'd like to spend on it - but it's an issue of can you be as productive without it just because the old one (that you now can't use) did everything you needed.
So here's the question for ALL of us: Do we continue to bitch and moan that our perfectly good (outdated) software doesn't work with the new whiz-bang OS's that we're forced (at some point) to upgrade to, and then punish the (outdated software) developer who had nothing to do with the OS upgrade (other than having to update THEIR software to work with the new OS) by refusing to upgrade, or do we bite the bullet and upgrade our perfectly good software so that 1) we CAN continue to work and 2) the software developer can continue to support us with the functionality we love?
Sorry for the long-winded reply, and this isn't directed specifically at you, Lark - but we can either support DC LLC (upgrading our licenses) so that they can continue, or we can support another cadd developer because our beloved DC LLC can't continue due to lack of users upgrading.
Highest Regards,
Alan T. Hendry, RA
Intel i7-12700F (2.10 GHz) Desktop, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Win 11 Home 64-bit, DC 23 w/ latest beta
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Alan T. Hendry, RA
Intel i7-12700F (2.10 GHz) Desktop, 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Win 11 Home 64-bit, DC 23 w/ latest beta
Intel i7-10750H (2.6GHz) Laptop, 16GB RAM, 1.5TB HD, Win 11 Home 64-Bit, w/ DC 22, 23 & latest beta