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aricon Active Member Systems Consulting-See website for products! Posts: 1283 Gender:	How many? 04/12/03 at 10:38:44 I'm curious as to how many companies that are currently using DBA will very likely go to Ezijobz? Would love to hear responses on this.
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Karen Mason

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Re: How many?
Reply #1 - 04/14/03 at 06:31:22

This is our 1st year using DBA. I, in NO way, plan to make a change. Too much time and money is currently invested in getting DBA up and running...with still more to go.

Need to reap some benefit from this system, as well as giving it a chance.

Although it is not perfect, it is better than what we had and with the continued improvements, I'm here for the long haul.

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ASM Full Member The Guitarman... Posts: 142 Gender:	Re: How many? Reply #2 - 04/14/03 at 06:38:47 I'm not sure I'll make the jump right away even though it is what I really want. I feel DBA, as they promised years ago, should be making improvements to the standard software. Lynn does a great job at this I'll problably buy her interface in the near future but I still feel it should've been DBA's responsiblity to improve the interface.
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fredh

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Re: How many?
Reply #3 - 04/14/03 at 07:25:42

We've invested way too much time and resources in DBA to switch.

We came on board with DBA because our old software wasn't Y2K compatible. We had 2 other packages that we liked. They were Windows based but more expensive than DBA. Since DBA promised a 100% Windows compatible version by the end of 2000 we went with them.

There have been too many promises on the Windows version, tons of bug problems and mediocre support. (Lynn excluded)

My president went ballistic when he found out about EziJobz. If it wasn't for ISTS I believe we would just suffer in a non-enhanced version of 2002.4 until another Y2K-type crisis comes along.

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Bill Lee Browser Posts: 8 Gender:	Re: How many? Reply #4 - 04/14/03 at 08:34:35 We don't intend to to switch to Ezijobz anytime soon. One major conversion every 5 years or so is enough of a challenge for us. Also, it does not appear to have enough power on the build-to-stock manufacturing side to warrant a change. I think Lynn's package, plus some some improvements in MRP would satisfy our needs for the next few years.
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samir686 Browser Posts: 10	No way!!! Reply #5 - 04/14/03 at 11:37:14 Hi, I still remember the time when DBA made a transition from DOS to windows. It was a disaster( for end users).It took them couple of years to get that platform stable. I would not switch to this "NEW" dba or whatever they call it. ps: I might rethink if they offerd the source code to us right now or down the road. samir
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aricon Active Member Systems Consulting-See website for products! Posts: 1283 Gender:	Re: How many? Reply #6 - 04/14/03 at 12:02:57 They cannot offer the source code to you, as DBA (ss you know it) doesn't have access to it.
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Tommy Johnson Browser Posts: 36 Gender:	Re: How many? Reply #7 - 04/14/03 at 13:57:01 Just converted to DBA, so no plans to change now. We will use add-ons and internal custom enhancements to get what we need. No software package will give most businesses exactly what they need or want without some customization.
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David Waldmann Active Member Live to work, or work to live? Posts: 1924 Gender:	Re: How many? Reply #8 - 04/14/03 at 14:38:28 At this point I have no plans to convert to anything other than Evo DBA.
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aricon Active Member Systems Consulting-See website for products! Posts: 1283 Gender:	Re: How many? Reply #9 - 04/15/03 at 08:25:46 No one else has any input?
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tcook Member Posts: 71 Gender:	Re: How many? Reply #10 - 04/15/03 at 08:47:07 We just converted to DBA about 1 year ago. We are still learning this system. We do not have any plans to invest in anything other than making our current system work. Tara Cook
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ccg Browser Posts: 2	Re: How many? Reply #11 - 04/15/03 at 09:04:01 since we will get a copy of Ezijobz as DBA users, i will load it in and evaluate it. if i think it meets my needs better, i'll switch. it seems the main reason for not switching is the time and effort of getting a new system up and running in general, not just the fact that people don't want the Ezijobz software.
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Re: How many?
Reply #12 - 04/15/03 at 09:35:30

Current DBA users will not get the new software as a free upgrade, so I'm not sure how you will get a copy without buying it. I was told in Nov. 2002 that the new system will be twice the price of current DBA cost. You may get a credit for your current DBA purchase price toward buying the new software. It will also not be feature compatible with DBA. This was directly from DBA sales manager.

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Tim Keating

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Re: How many?
Reply #13 - 04/15/03 at 09:51:22

From Michael Hart's email of 4/4/03:

"All DBA customers will receive a free matching system
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As previously promised, all DBA customers are entitled to receive a free
Ezijobz SME system for the same number of users as their DBA Manufacturing
system. The annual license fee is unchanged and covers both products."

So I assume its true for all DBA users, those with lifetime licenses and those without.

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Re: How many?
Reply #14 - 04/15/03 at 09:54:02

Tommy,

You MAY have gotten some mixed messages. When I talked to Mike afew weeks ago, what he stated unequivocally was that current up-to-date with annual maintenance and lifetime maintenance agreement customers would receive the version with a conversion utility at no charge.

Any additional licenses would have to be purchased at the new Ezijobz price point. A price point which is still very reasonable in comparison to mid-range offerings.

He also indicated that the lifetime maintenace agreement thing would carry over to the new software as well, although I have some difficulties believing that he is going to continue to cut into his revenue stream with that, without finding some way to recoup some of that money. But maybe....

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