[pianotech] the fate of pianotech (OT?)

[Encore Pianos]

I'll try to make my point simply.  I think a study committee should be
formed to seek a good quality replacement for both Pianotech and the Higher
Logic program.  Pianotech is very long in the tooth and can't be expected to
last forever.  Although the HL program has improved somewhat in the past
year or so, the majority of members have chosen to continue to use Pianotech
because it is simply much easier to use and do most of what we want it to
without too much muss and fuss.   Muss and fuss is HL's middle name, and
HL's commitment to making needed improvements and bug fixes is marginal at
best.

If Pianotech  is dropped, leaving us with only the HL program, we will have
painted ourselves into a corner and we will be stuck with it, no matter how
poorly HL meets our needs.   That would have a very negative effect on the
vitality of the Forum, damping participation by members.  

If dropping Pianotech is brought to a vote, it should be tabled.  If a study
committee is formed, at least one or two of the members should be composed
of people who actually are active participants on the Forum on a regular
basis. 

Will Truitt

-----Original Message-----
From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf
Of Ron Nossaman
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2012 9:17 AM
To: pianotech at ptg.org
Subject: Re: [pianotech] the fate of pianotech (OT?)

On 5/31/2012 8:00 AM, Mike Spalding wrote:
> List,
>
> We are assured by President Jim Coleman Jr. that the Council will not 
> be voting on the future of the Mailman list. I've copied our 
> correspondence below. :

Somehow, "I don't expect it" doesn't qualify for me as reassuring at this
point, most likely followed in July by, "It's a done deal now, if you wanted
something different, you should have.." (insert pointless "suggestion").
We'll see.


> I apologize for the extended unwrapped lines in part of this string - 
> I copied and pasted from H/L and the formatting got wacked. Go figure.

A mystery, everyone baffled.
Ron N