Did I meet your mother once? For some reason I thought I met you both at
the same time, although I can barely remember this moment, and it may be one
of those days when the antennae were causing more problems than they were
solving.

....and "fray" pretty much describes it BTW.

The one think I will look for in OrchidWIz is a program that updates new
information in a timely fashion. I have been buying wildcatt since it first
came out (12 years ago now?) as an alternative the AOS's outrageously priced
offering. I have been updating it 4 times a year since then. I look at it
as a subscription and I find it valuable. I have noticed that the data is
presented in a rigid manner and is becoming outdated in it's presentation.
Yet it does not change. I had been wondering when, if ever "Wildcat II" was
going to come out. There are so many other connections that might be made
with this data, and I figured it was only a matter of time before Wildcat
updated something other than new data, (which is a big commitment for a
small company to begin with)...or somebody beat them to it. Pictures are
not important to me.... But new ways to connect and present this data is.
This desire to see these new connections implemented still does not outweigh
the desire to have current information available. Time will tell. More
power to you. Or to wildcat... I wonder if Helga is paying attention too.
:-)

I have often wondered why or when the AOS or RHS was going to implement a
web available searchable database system that allowed the data to be
useable. The small effort the RHS has made is notable but very limited in
what and how the data can be used. Of course, it is free and always up to
date if all you want it so know first generation parents or grex names. And
picture and culture sheets are available everywhere. I figured a
subscription service would one day be available from their websites that
allowed much greater search and presentation abilities of the data. It has
not happened yet.

One of the reasons that the AOS and RHS have had to suffer with the presence
of Wildcat as a competitor is that they took the same data and presented it
in a new format... and so could not be held in violation of copyright laws.
You can not take a phone book and copy it page per page and republish it,
but you can take the same data and present it in a new format.

"Reka" wrote in message
.. .
Al, you have *not* met me! We have only corresponded. Get those rabbit
ears on straight! I *am* a woman, however.
--
Reka

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