<HTML style="FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif; FONT-SIZE: x-small"><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=windows-1251" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META name=GENERATOR content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.19019"></HEAD> <BODY> <P> <DIV>Israel said:  </DIV> <DIV>"PTG members have been testing the </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>various functionalities of this </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>configuration for months - of that I am </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>aware.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Hmmm? How is it you are knowledgable about this "testing" and the rest of us were not?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Second question: What "PTG Members"?? (Ron Berry and Co.? or...regular List members? Inquiring minds need to know!<G>)</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0> Obviously, they did not find all </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>the configuration bugs. Perhaps there </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>are capabilities that could be added to </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>the system in response to the </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>suggestions and complaints from this </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>list. Perhaps it would involve </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>additional costs.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Gee! Ya Think????</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0> Read very carefully </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Paul Brown's post - this is a work in </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>progress. Which is why these e-mail </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>lists are not being taken off line yet. </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>I suspect that many of the problems are </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>because the PTG - as usual - is trying </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>to do this on the cheap, and a rather </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>low level of support is available from </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>the pros - the price for full support is </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>probably prohibitive... So getting it </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>all sorted out will likely take some </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>time... </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>IF EVER! I have a real problem with the fact that PTG went "Off Site" to get this thing off the ground and into our 'puters. Considering the lifespan of such companies, that scares the hell out of me!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>When I asked the PTG President </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>and executive Director at WestPac (at a </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>special information session) about </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>something that was of concern to me - </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>they did not know. They will have to </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>check.The same most likely goes for your </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>inquiries...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Most definately! None of my main questions have been answered...and I suspect never will be. We have heard a whole lot of gobbledegook, but little with substance, IMO. And, NO, Israel, I am not casting dispersions on any one individual. In fact, I have been trying to contain myself and be respectful to all concerned. I know this is a trying time for all who have instigated this and for those who HAVE to work with the new system, i.e. the H.O. Staff. To them, they have my deepest sympathy.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0> I guess we don't have an IT </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>person from the supplier living in the </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>Home Office to immediately address all </FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0>of everyone's concerns...</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>That must mean that the Company really doesn't give a rat's tush, since they get paid wether the users understand and use the system or not. Makes no difference to them. My main reason for disliking the current situation.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Regards,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Joe</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=+0></FONT> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Joe Garrett, R.P.T.</DIV> <DIV>Captain of the Tool Police</DIV> <DIV>Squares R I</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <P></P></BODY></HTML>