Re: I have observed and I am gone.

This WebDNA talk-list message is from

1998


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 21310
interpreted = N
texte = I love WebCat! I spent about a month evaluating all the alternatives. Our parent company MacSultants is an Apple/Other Reseller and we were able to get reps in from File Maker, iCat, Tango, etc. to do demos on their products. Although we did not get the guys from Pacific Coast to fly in for a presentaion I felt that their product was *Far* superior to the others.This list as was pointed out could definately give someone the wrong impression, but It is also the best place to learn about all the great and powerful things people are doing.- ck >Jim, > >Sorry to see you leave. But please consider that the video training and >serial number problems are not representative of this list, its members or >this product. WebCatalog is a superior product even at it's current price, >AND the documentation is adequate (not good or great) for most people. > >I've looked at Icat and used products such as tango/butler and >tango/filemaker and I just don't think you are going to be able to get the >flexibility and speed (and ease of use - learn SQL, then try to tell me how >hard webDNA is... I love webDNA's ease of use) that most professional sites >require. Plus I spent over $1,000 to travel to Toronto, Canada to take >training to use Tango to learn to do things that WebDNA has simple commands >for. > >Every piece of software you try will have problems. No manual is ever >complete. And the mark of a good widely used product is the availability of >third party training materials. > >Good Luck, Paul > >>Well I have heard enough..... and I tried out the demo ....and I have >>read with interest the problems not only with WebCatalogue but with the >>guts they have had to even think about charging $800 or so dollars for a >>training video to teach how to use the simple???? product at a very high >>price. >> >>Not for me... I will be checking out other applications such as Ichat and >>probably will run it or somethiong else on a Linux machine. >> >>I am in Canada, and in Cnanadian dolars that is well over 4500 for >>Webcatalogue. I'll be darn if I am going to consider forking out another >>1200 Candaina ( 800)US$) fro something I should be getting included. >>Training as how to use the application. >> >>Besides the product I go with will leave me with the confidence that it >>will be around in 5 years after all my training intop such a product. I >>don't get this confidence here. >> >>I'm outta here >> >>Jim > > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/|\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/Paul Uttermohlen, Internet Marketspace, Inc. \_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/ mailto:paul@ims1.com - Website Development \_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/ Business - _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/ Real Estate - _\_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/Websites - Children _/ _\_\_\_ >_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > > > > _______________________________________________________________ Charles Kline ckline@macsultants.com MacSultants Professional Solutions for Computer SystemsPhone# 609-273-3255 Fax# 609-273-3721 Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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I love WebCat! I spent about a month evaluating all the alternatives. Our parent company MacSultants is an Apple/Other Reseller and we were able to get reps in from File Maker, iCat, Tango, etc. to do demos on their products. Although we did not get the guys from Pacific Coast to fly in for a presentaion I felt that their product was *Far* superior to the others.This list as was pointed out could definately give someone the wrong impression, but It is also the best place to learn about all the great and powerful things people are doing.- ck >Jim, > >Sorry to see you leave. But please consider that the video training and >serial number problems are not representative of this list, its members or >this product. WebCatalog is a superior product even at it's current price, >AND the documentation is adequate (not good or great) for most people. > >I've looked at Icat and used products such as tango/butler and >tango/filemaker and I just don't think you are going to be able to get the >flexibility and speed (and ease of use - learn SQL, then try to tell me how >hard webDNA is... I love webDNA's ease of use) that most professional sites >require. Plus I spent over $1,000 to travel to Toronto, Canada to take >training to use Tango to learn to do things that WebDNA has simple commands >for. > >Every piece of software you try will have problems. No manual is ever >complete. And the mark of a good widely used product is the availability of >third party training materials. > >Good Luck, Paul > >>Well I have heard enough..... and I tried out the demo ....and I have >>read with interest the problems not only with WebCatalogue but with the >>guts they have had to even think about charging $800 or so dollars for a >>training video to teach how to use the simple???? product at a very high >>price. >> >>Not for me... I will be checking out other applications such as Ichat and >>probably will run it or somethiong else on a Linux machine. >> >>I am in Canada, and in Cnanadian dolars that is well over 4500 for >>Webcatalogue. I'll be darn if I am going to consider forking out another >>1200 Candaina ( 800)US$) fro something I should be getting included. >>Training as how to use the application. >> >>Besides the product I go with will leave me with the confidence that it >>will be around in 5 years after all my training intop such a product. I >>don't get this confidence here. >> >>I'm outta here >> >>Jim > > > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/|\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/Paul Uttermohlen, Internet Marketspace, Inc. \_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/ mailto:paul@ims1.com - Website Development \_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/ Business - _\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/ Real Estate - _\_\_\_\_ > _/_/_/Websites - Children _/ _\_\_\_ >_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ | \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ > > > > _______________________________________________________________ Charles Kline ckline@macsultants.com MacSultants Professional Solutions for Computer SystemsPhone# 609-273-3255 Fax# 609-273-3721 charles kline

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