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From: jmoore@atisun.dt.navy.mil (Jim Moore)
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Subject: Re: MaxiPlan
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Date: 10 Dec 89 21:10:51 GMT
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In article <24664@swrinde.nde.swri.edu> rac@swrinde.nde.swri.edu (Richard A. Cervantes) writes:
>I'm confused about MAXIPLAN also, even after I called them!  I received
>an update news/flyer from Intuitive Technologies who originated the
>program.  Distribution of the program has changed hands several times...
>
>Disclaimer: I am a MAXIPLAN PLUS owner and otherwise have no connection
>with Intuitive Technologies.  Just thought I'd pass the info along.
>
>Richard C.


Folks,

   If you have not read the last two most recent articles on Intuitive 
Technologies latest product UltraCars ... let me warn you.

   I have been attempting to get UltraCard to anything without crashing
for about 4 or 5 months.  We have gone from version 1.1 to version 1.4.6.
None of these versions has been advertized beyond Intuitive Technologies BBS
(in CA).  Even though these releases have fixed and introduced to be fixed
major system crashing bugs!!!  The most common bug seems to be pointer errors!

   What really annoys me is the slow response time to inquiries, rotten 
documentation, lack of ANY type of bug list/correction (so you never 
really know why a new version was required), and a program that gobbles
up twice its size in data storage when loaded!!!  Just for the first 
simple stack (Control Room)!!!

   The bottom line is this : I (and others) am definitely unhappy and not
impressed with Intuitive Technologies as a professional software 
development firm.  My reccomendation would be : Do not buy anything
from this company, most likely it will not work, will be updated
with no notice and limited or painful upgrade process, support will
be slow if existent ( I had 5-6 calls go unanswered - they even have
an answering machine, and yes I left my phone numbers - home AND work!)
and finally an unwillingness to inform their users of potential problems
and fixes to their products.


   Jim Moore