>I am curious about how OAT fared compared to HDS. My bet is that lots >more people saw (see) the worth of HDS. I sort of gave up on OAT. It >didn't seem to do stuff that I was interested in and I found it >difficult to implement. It just didn't seem worth the effort to learn
That depends on what you are looking for. For me OAT is worth every single penny because one of the main reasons why I founded a BBS in the first place was so that I can import mailing list about my profession to my board. If I didn't have the OAT option, I would have to revert to the E-mail-->Echo utility written for Tabby.
>There may be little money to >be made in such a small market--so it is understandable if Kem & others >might want to turn their attention elsewhere.
If the product is ready AND if it is a good product, you don't need to much apart from marketing it. For that matter, Jonathan was the best salesperson I have met, because he believed in what he did. The moment he saw what I needed, he marketed his product. It took me two years to buy it eventually but then it took me two years to setup TF too :-)
>I can only speak for >myself that I will happily pay money for programs that work well and do >something that I want (I expect to be purchasing copy #2 of HDS in the >near future)
My next move will be for HDS Mail but I am waiting for two things: 1. that it becomes as stable as OAT 2. that I saw proper marketing (and service) before me. The first step in that direction begins by answering queries.
-------------------------------- Greetings from Istanbul, Turkiye Bekir Kemal Ataman ArchiMac BBS Sysop http://www.archimac.marun.edu.tr
