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Reka wrote:

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Good review writeup Kathy, I was going to buy it but now I will just
ask you! *G*
I will just stick to growing the plants etc.



Well, I bought it and it came two days ago, but for some reason, it does
not like me and is refusing to start. Alex, poor guy, is on his
Thanksgiving vacation and trying to help me in spite of it! We'll get it
fixed once he gets back to his office.
The screen saver is nice, though.

Alex had to save me too. Loaded right up on my desktop, hated my
laptop. He sent another CD, no worries. I haven't tried the
screensaver. What's it do?

K Barrett


It cycles grex pics along with their parents. Gets me drooling to get
the program going.

Why didn't it like your laptop? My PC says "Cannot start your
application. The workgroup information file is missing or opened
exclusively by another user." I have tried just about everything I can
think of.



We figured the 1st CD didn't like the laptop's picky CD drive. It kept
installing halfway, them a variety of errors would come up: file not
found, Please confirm access. I'd click on retry and pfft. nada. Alex
sent a new CD and voila, no troubles.

K

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Reka wrote:
In article ,
says...

Reka wrote:

In article DB%hf.9907$dv.7456@fed1read02,
says...


Good review writeup Kathy, I was going to buy it but now I will just
ask you! *G*
I will just stick to growing the plants etc.



Well, I bought it and it came two days ago, but for some reason, it
does
not like me and is refusing to start. Alex, poor guy, is on his
Thanksgiving vacation and trying to help me in spite of it! We'll get
it
fixed once he gets back to his office.
The screen saver is nice, though.

Alex had to save me too. Loaded right up on my desktop, hated my
laptop. He sent another CD, no worries. I haven't tried the
screensaver. What's it do?

K Barrett


It cycles grex pics along with their parents. Gets me drooling to get
the program going.

Why didn't it like your laptop? My PC says "Cannot start your
application. The workgroup information file is missing or opened
exclusively by another user." I have tried just about everything I can
think of.



We figured the 1st CD didn't like the laptop's picky CD drive. It kept
installing halfway, them a variety of errors would come up: file not
found, Please confirm access. I'd click on retry and pfft. nada. Alex
sent a new CD and voila, no troubles.

K

Sounds like a few bugs need to be fixed with the software.
Keith

Hi All, I have had Orchidwiz for a while-- didn't have any problem
installing it on Windows XP but I'm sure you will find Alex very
helpful if you do have a problem. The screensaver (that come free) is
fascinating. It shows a hybrid & it's parents & keeps changing. I can't
get passed Cattleyas but I'm sure there is more (seems to be endless) I
have noticed several people have added disclaimers saying they are not
in any way part of the company. I am not either. As a matter of fact I
had no clue who Alex was tho I go to the West Palm Judging a lot (he's
a student judge) I did introduce myself to him last judging. BUT I
probably sound like a salesman I'm so happy with this program. In a
previous post on this thread someone said "It kicks ass" Perfectly
stated !!! This program is an Orchid Wiz !! I'm sure it will be better
w/more photos but it has plenty now. Good Growing, Bill

Bill wrote:
Hi All, I have had Orchidwiz for a while-- didn't have any problem
installing it on Windows XP but I'm sure you will find Alex very
helpful if you do have a problem. The screensaver (that come free) is
fascinating. It shows a hybrid & it's parents & keeps changing. I can't
get passed Cattleyas but I'm sure there is more (seems to be endless) I
have noticed several people have added disclaimers saying they are not
in any way part of the company. I am not either. As a matter of fact I
had no clue who Alex was tho I go to the West Palm Judging a lot (he's
a student judge) I did introduce myself to him last judging. BUT I
probably sound like a salesman I'm so happy with this program. In a
previous post on this thread someone said "It kicks ass" Perfectly
stated !!! This program is an Orchid Wiz !! I'm sure it will be better
w/more photos but it has plenty now. Good Growing, Bill


I know! I was trying to decide if I sounded like a salesman, and vowed
to stop posting on the subject, LOL!! Its hard not to gush.

The real question is WHY the AOS is trying to create their own CD when
this one is here!!! Already done. Only for award photos?? That'd be
the only draw. And from what I understand there's an award photographer
who is holding out on their use of his photos, so they are going ahead
without his pictures anyway.

K Barrett

K Barrett wrote:
[snip]

The real question is WHY the AOS is trying to create their own CD when
this one is here!!! Already done. Only for award photos?? That'd be
the only draw. And from what I understand there's an award photographer
who is holding out on their use of his photos, so they are going ahead
without his pictures anyway.

K Barrett

And replying to my own post:

What would it take to get this onto a PDA or other hand held device?
There are several with larger screens now, so viewing information in a
small screen isn't the limiting factor anymore. THAT'S what we need. I
should email Alex and ask. If he can get it onto a pda he'd make a
million bucks.

K Barrett

I'd go for that, especially if it could be made small enough to fit in a 1
or 2 GB SD card, which is what I put the maps for my Garmin GPS Palm on.
Murri

"K Barrett" wrote in message
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K Barrett wrote:
[snip]

The real question is WHY the AOS is trying to create their own CD when
this one is here!!! Already done. Only for award photos?? That'd be the
only draw. And from what I understand there's an award photographer who
is holding out on their use of his photos, so they are going ahead
without his pictures anyway.

K Barrett

And replying to my own post:

What would it take to get this onto a PDA or other hand held device? There
are several with larger screens now, so viewing information in a small
screen isn't the limiting factor anymore. THAT'S what we need. I should
email Alex and ask. If he can get it onto a pda he'd make a million
bucks.

K Barrett

Turns out a PDA type program was what Alex had been trying to make. I
guess the program is too big to run (with any functionality) on a PDA.
I've looked at PDAs since posting this (becasue I never believe anyone
had have to figure it out for myself) and I see that the processors are
very slow, and they have miserable memory. The OrchidWiz program is big
and a slow processor would only make it crawl at a snail's pace, no?

That said there are a few HP iPAQs with large screens that work in
either portrait or landscape... or tablet PCs.

K Barrett

K Barrett

Lady Blacksword wrote:
I'd go for that, especially if it could be made small enough to fit in a 1
or 2 GB SD card, which is what I put the maps for my Garmin GPS Palm on.
Murri

"K Barrett" wrote in message
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K Barrett wrote:
[snip]

The real question is WHY the AOS is trying to create their own CD when
this one is here!!! Already done. Only for award photos?? That'd be the
only draw. And from what I understand there's an award photographer who
is holding out on their use of his photos, so they are going ahead
without his pictures anyway.

K Barrett

And replying to my own post:

What would it take to get this onto a PDA or other hand held device? There
are several with larger screens now, so viewing information in a small
screen isn't the limiting factor anymore. THAT'S what we need. I should
email Alex and ask. If he can get it onto a pda he'd make a million
bucks.

K Barrett

I didn't think we had any say in how AOS used our award photos?
-danny

"K Barrett" wrote in message
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The real question is WHY the AOS is trying to create their own CD when
this one is here!!! Already done. Only for award photos?? That'd be the
only draw. And from what I understand there's an award photographer who
is holding out on their use of his photos, so they are going ahead without
his pictures anyway.

K Barrett

You don't. But the photographer undoubtedly has a contract with AOS ...
Kenni
"danny" wrote in message
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I didn't think we had any say in how AOS used our award photos?
-danny

"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
The real question is WHY the AOS is trying to create their own CD when
this one is here!!! Already done. Only for award photos?? That'd be the
only draw. And from what I understand there's an award photographer who
is holding out on their use of his photos, so they are going ahead
without his pictures anyway.

K Barrett

I am a judging photographer, and I don't really have a contract with AOS
that I know of.
-danny

"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
...
You don't. But the photographer undoubtedly has a contract with AOS ...
Kenni
"danny" wrote in message
.. .
I didn't think we had any say in how AOS used our award photos?
-danny

"K Barrett" wrote in message
...
The real question is WHY the AOS is trying to create their own CD when
this one is here!!! Already done. Only for award photos?? That'd be
the only draw. And from what I understand there's an award photographer
who is holding out on their use of his photos, so they are going ahead
without his pictures anyway.

K Barrett

In article , keith.kent3
@REMOVETHISntlworld.com says...
Sounds like a few bugs need to be fixed with the software.
Keith


No, Alex assumes my problem was a mistake on his part when burning the
CD. He is sending me a new one.
--
Reka

This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html

"Reka" wrote in message
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In article , keith.kent3
@REMOVETHISntlworld.com says...
Sounds like a few bugs need to be fixed with the software.
Keith


No, Alex assumes my problem was a mistake on his part when burning the
CD. He is sending me a new one.
--
Reka

This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html

A bug with the software provider then.
Keith

Keith: I have not yet tried this software [I've been a little too busy
recovering from H. Wilma], but I do have acquaintance with Alex Maximiano.
He's a good guy.

I see him regularly at shows, and he takes a lot of pics of my plants. I
assume but don't know that at least some of them are in this program.
Unlike _many_ other photographers, Alex has always been extremely courteous
and considerate. E.g., he always asked permission, made sure to stay out of
the way of paying customers while he was shooting, and didn't muck up my
booth or break plants moving things around to get "the perfect shot." Alex
also sent me copies of the pics he took of my plants, for my own use. [Lots
of photographers say they'll do this, but only about 5% actually follow
through and do it.]

We are all human, which means we all make errors from time to time. If
Alex makes a mistake, and then makes it right at no cost to the purchaser,
without lengthy hold time to phone-in a complaint, making the purchaser fill
out and mail lengthy forms, or even return the defective one, he's way ahead
of most software providers I've dealt with -- although I should also note
that Helga at WildCatt is also very good in this regard. When I needed to
re-install WildCatt a while back, she sent me a new (then-current) CD free
of charge so I wouldn't have to go through the process with my ancient
original and a whole pile of update disks.

If you don't want, or don't want to spend the $$ for, the product he's
developed, that's certainly your free right and choice. But it doesn't seem
like a good reason to denounce the product, or the producer, sight-unseen,
on a public forum.
--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids



"keith ;-)" wrote in message
news

"Reka" wrote in message
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In article , keith.kent3
@REMOVETHISntlworld.com says...
Sounds like a few bugs need to be fixed with the software.
Keith


No, Alex assumes my problem was a mistake on his part when burning the
CD. He is sending me a new one.
--
Reka

This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html

A bug with the software provider then.
Keith

"Kenni Judd" wrote in message
...
Keith: I have not yet tried this software [I've been a little too busy
recovering from H. Wilma], but I do have acquaintance with Alex Maximiano.
He's a good guy.

I see him regularly at shows, and he takes a lot of pics of my plants. I
assume but don't know that at least some of them are in this program.
Unlike _many_ other photographers, Alex has always been extremely
courteous
and considerate. E.g., he always asked permission, made sure to stay out
of
the way of paying customers while he was shooting, and didn't muck up my
booth or break plants moving things around to get "the perfect shot."
Alex
also sent me copies of the pics he took of my plants, for my own use.
[Lots
of photographers say they'll do this, but only about 5% actually follow
through and do it.]

We are all human, which means we all make errors from time to time. If
Alex makes a mistake, and then makes it right at no cost to the purchaser,
without lengthy hold time to phone-in a complaint, making the purchaser
fill
out and mail lengthy forms, or even return the defective one, he's way
ahead
of most software providers I've dealt with -- although I should also note
that Helga at WildCatt is also very good in this regard. When I needed to
re-install WildCatt a while back, she sent me a new (then-current) CD free
of charge so I wouldn't have to go through the process with my ancient
original and a whole pile of update disks.

If you don't want, or don't want to spend the $$ for, the product he's
developed, that's certainly your free right and choice. But it doesn't
seem
like a good reason to denounce the product, or the producer, sight-unseen,
on a public forum.
--
Kenni Judd
Juno Beach Orchids



"keith ;-)" wrote in message
news

"Reka" wrote in message
.. .
In article , keith.kent3
@REMOVETHISntlworld.com says...
Sounds like a few bugs need to be fixed with the software.
Keith


No, Alex assumes my problem was a mistake on his part when burning the
CD. He is sending me a new one.
--
Reka

This is LIFE! It's not a rehearsal. Don't miss it!
http://www.rolbox.it/hukari/index.html

A bug with the software provider then.
Keith

Hi Kenni.
Snip
If you don't want, or don't want to spend the $$ for, the product he's
developed, that's certainly your free right and choice. But it doesn't seem
like a good reason to denounce the product, or the producer, sight-unseen,
on a public forum.

I dont see how saying there could be a bug with the software denouncing the
product/producer,this happens all the time with new software and different
operating systems.Remember when XP came out there were huge problems.I have
had software not work or crash on my pc ,i am sure we all have.And Reka
stated it was the mistake of the producer ,i said a bug sarcasticly
following on from my post.Which it obviously was.
Thanks Keith