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Old January 25th, 2005, 09:36 AM
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Re: Can't Change Build Songs Database Destination Folder

FACT: Many and various problems have been reported for a long time because of this extra flexibility. Most Karaoke users DO NOT understand Databases and are getting themselves in trouble with this flexibility. Even some of our Beta Testers were confused by having multiple Songs.mdb files.

There is a Prime Directive in product development:

Flexibility is the Bane of Ease of Use

The more flexible a product is, the harder it is to use. We "perceive" that Hoster 3.005 now prevents a few power users from doing what they MIGHT ONE DAY want to experiment with, and protecting the MAJORITY of the users from dangers they know nothing about, nor need to be worried about.

After 35 years as a professional product developer, including one that AB Dick Co. sold over $1 billion dollars worth of, I have proven this truism many, many times.

If anyone wishes to post a REAL need to be able to move the Database to any drive/folder, and please include any possible events that you think of that might happen as a result of it not being in a single location, then I'm all ears. However, general complaints that we have limited the product, without any substantiating facts will not get my attention. We carefully considered the sales and support impact of this change, that was required for technical reasons. The problems with the New Release Pages track counter ended when we added this limitation. So, tell me why we are wrong... if you can.
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