As a really small business user heres what I need
 
Make the transactions 100% Stable and Accurate
I dont care what platform its on it just needs to run w/o errors.
 
I use Evo myself and love it   old evo not the new T7 stuff   thats too unstable
 
Everyone else in my company likes classic but they just do the basics. Im sure they could switch over w/o training.
 
I do use Data collection
That should always run on the oldest hardware
I just ran out of 486 machines.
 
besides you dont want to put a nice new computer inside a machine shop.
 
Id like to see some type of CRM system grafted onto EVO
something like V tiger would be great if it hooked into DBA
 
http://www.vtiger.com
 
hey its open sourced based  can you just hook it in  you know make a plugin ?
 
some kind of graphical drag and drop schedule tool would be awesome too something visual like Microsoft project that would work with DBA data directly.
 
web type interface stuff is cool but GRUNT stuff that can do actual work so I dont have to is better for me
 
J Dub

Quote from GasGiant on 03/08/07 at 10:20:02:

 
Ditto!!
 
We have a few users on DBA Classic that are reluctanct to change, but their software use is extremely limited (they are happy clams.)  As long as DBA still integrates with EVO for manufacturing and financial results, I shall be happy.
 
 

voted in poll and wanted to add that we use both Classic and Evo as there are still so many things in Evo that have issues that we rely on Classic for quite a bit yet..like where Evo is headed but glad to have Classic as a companion while Evo evolves...we would be lost if Classic were to go by the wayside...

End users like the bells and whistles, assuming the program doesn't crash.  That being said, DBA from a functional point does most of what people need.  ISTECH needs to fix bugs in DBA so users are content, and continue to enhance EVO so that when DBA-NG does finally deliver, people will be satisfied with EVO, and not want to jump back to the DBA-NG ship.

Since we switched to EVO - basically as soon as it was available - we have never gone back to classic.

Classic is all we need.

I currently use DBA Classic and would be very upset if I was left hanging with no support to fix problems.  That's why I pay to get support.  Not that I use it a great deal, but when something goes wrong I am the one everyone comes to for answers and being that we are a small company (35 people) I need help now.  Don't get me wrong I have my issues with DBA Classic. GasGiant explained my situation best "I get more complaints from users who are trying to extract data than I do from those who are performing transactions".  Luckily I have worked my up thru this company and worked every job there is so I understand the flow of information from SO to PO to BOM to WO to the GL even if I have to look in multiple places to find this information and put it together in excel.  Which costs me time but not nearly as much time if I had to deal with stability problems from an upgrade. Understand I am NOT an IT person.  kkmfg - GUI????  I out source that and that is expensive.  I already wear to many hats.  If it's not broke don't fix it.  So if more time needs to be spent working on making EVO better for extracting data and writing reports and fixing stability problems I'm all for it, but to be left hanging with no support would make my stress level go thru the roof!!  I just can't!