[missing-sync-palmos-talk] Re: PD 4.1 > NUTD?

[Arkady]

Thanks Mark!  

Here is a BCC friend said about his experience with NUTD

> There's certainly nothing wrong with palm desktop. I'd be using it if I
> hadn't started with ncud many years ago. But I've never had a problem
> of any sort with ncud--not on three different machines, not with
> countless updates and upgrades to the current version. When someone
> complains as this guy has, I always suspect larger more general cpu
> problems. My only complaint about ncud now is that I lost some favorite
> functions that simply can't work the way they did on OS9. That's really
> apple's fault for not giving programmers leeway to write their apps
> that way they want--not poweron's.

I will wait till their version 5 to see. Only when my PD is dead, I will
make a switch... 

• Arkady 
web site: http://www.arkady.com
> 
> Hi Arkady,
> If PD solves 90% or more of your problems, I'd stay
> with it. I'd be very surprised if it stopped working
> anytime soon. As for Cobalt, I have no knowledge
> except that if there's money to be made, folks like
> Markspace or Marketcircle will step in with something.
> 
> 
> Daylite is a great program. However, it may be
> overkill for you.
> 
> POS=POC= piece of crap. It expresses my frustration
> with lack of support for a problem that many, but not
> all customers had with constant crashes and file
> corruption. It was a bug that apparently couldn't be
> reliably reproduced. And, since they refused to take a
> look at customer databases, the problem went unsolved.
> Thanks,
> Mark
> 
 
>> Today's Topics:
>> 
>>    1. re: PD 4.1 > NUTD?  (Arkady)
>> 
>> Thanks everyone for your replies.
>> 
>> Mark,  
>> 
>> You were obviously not very happy with NUTD. I think
>> it would be of a great
>> value to many if you told us in detail why you
>> didn't like it. I also missed
>> the joke (?) as far as P.O.S:) You can explain that
>> one too, if you feel
>> like it...  
>> 
>> As to PD, I am very used to it, and it simply works
>> for me, but I don't want
>> to wait till it stops working, which will eventually
>> happen with one of the
>> Mac OS Upgrades?
>> 
>> I guess I could buy another T3 etc. as a backup for
>> when my T3 dies. If I
>> don't, I doubt if a Cobalt PDA will work with
>> Panther 10.3.3 and PD 4.1,
>> unless Missing Link says otherwise...
>> 
>> As to your choice of
>> http://www.marketcircle.com/daylite/overview.html
>> I'd
>> need to look into. $150 price is less scary to me
>> then the fact that this
>> company, product, might not make it, and become
>> unsupported... Ironically,
>> that was the reason that I stuck with PD, i.e. to
>> feel safer by being closer
>> to the "mother ship":)! Then the "mothers...."
>> killed their (our) PD
>> baby..., while the smaller (?) guys like NUTD etc.
>> are still standing.
>> 
>> I wish there was a comprehensive INDEPENDENT site
>> for comparing PIM's, where
>> one could see blow by blow features compared etc.
>> 
>> This List is a good start, as far as making the
>> transition...
>> 
>> ? Arkady 
>> web site: http://www.arkady.com
>> 
>>> From:
>> missing-sync-palmos-talk-request at lists.markspace.com
>>> Reply-To:
>> missing-sync-palmos-talk at lists.markspace.com
>>> Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 09:00:41 -0800
>>> To: missing-sync-palmos-talk at lists.markspace.com
>>> Subject: missing-sync-palmos-talk Digest, Vol 10,
>> Issue 11
>>> 
>>> Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 15:41:45 -0800 (PST)
>>> From: Mark Sponsler <spons at swbell.net>
>>> Subject: [missing-sync-palmos-talk] Re: PD 4.1 +
>> T3  = OK
>>> Panther10.3.3
>>> To: missing-sync-palmos-talk at lists.markspace.com
>>> Message-ID:
>> <20040320234145.32386.qmail at web80404.mail.yahoo.com>
>>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
>>> 
>>> Arkady,
>>> Don't make the same mistake I did. Avoid Now Up to
>>> Date. PowerOn Software's initials are P.O.S. for a
>>> reason. Stick with Palm Desktop if you need
>> something
>>> simple (the price is right any way). If you need
>>> something more sophisticated try Marketcircle's
>>> Daylite. It's great. If you are in sales, you'll
>> be
>>> glad you made the switch.
>>> Mark