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From: andyp@treehouse.UUCP (Andy Peterman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Re: Dollars & Sense 4.x Archives - What good are they ?
Message-ID: <672@treehouse.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jan 91 05:04:12 GMT
References: <44440@mips.mips.COM> <4936@tellab5.tellabs.com> <20989@.la.locus.com>
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In article <20989@.la.locus.com> matth@locus.com (Matt Hardin) writes:
>In article <4936@tellab5.tellabs.com> wiseman@tellabs.com (Jeff Wiseman) writes:
>> [Stuff about D&S Archives deleted...]
>
>>For safe D&S'ing always remember:
>>
>> [Warnings about database problems deleted...]
>
>I was considering buying D&S, but after hearing this, I am thinking again.
>Does anyone else have similar experience that backs up what Jeff says? Is
>there a later version of D&S that fixes the problems that these workarounds
>are designed to avoid? How about it Monogram? Did you guys really release
>a program that eats its databases as often as the above workarounds imply?

I believe most of these warnings are for version 4.1c of D&S, which has
since been replaced with version 5.0.  I use D&S daily for both my
business and personal accounts and only once have I seen a problem, and
that was with version 4.1c.  I forgot what I did to recover, but I
didn't lose anything.

Among other improvements, version 5.0 has fixed these database problems
(so I'm told - I haven't seen any problems yet).   I've been really
happy with it and find it much easier to use than the other accounting
programs.  My only complaint is that the print in the manual is too
small - but the manual is otherwise quite good (about 275 pages).  I've
never really read it, though :-).

Disclaimer:  I have no connection with Software Toolworks - I've just
been using D&S for 5 years and have been really happy with it.

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