Do you ever admit you were wrong?
I'd admit that I was wrong, if I was wrong. But not only am I not wrong, if you go back and read my posts carefully you will see that I have agreed with everything that you have said...except your statement that Helix is "dead."
Even a 7 year old can go to their Web site and see that they are not dead, and that they just released an update.
http://www.qsatoolworks.com/
Even you admitted that they are "releasing updates to keep their user base from shrinking." That means that they are not dead.
As I said (if you want to check), Helix may be irrelevant, it may even be just about worthless as a product, but it isn't "dead."
I haven't "slammed" AppleWorks. It was a wonderful product for ordinary users in its day. But there have been no updates to AppleWorks in over 5 years, and Apple stopped selling it 2 years ago.
http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2007/08/rip-appleworks.ars
http://www.apple.com/support/appleworks/
It is truly dead, unlike Helix.
Comparing the database features of AppleWorks to the database products I listed earlier in this thread, and claiming that the latter are "feeble" and that AppleWorks is somehow superior, as rubaiyat did, is asinine. That's like saying a BMW is inferior to a Ford. That isn't a criticism of AppleWorks (or Fords, necessarily). AppleWorks was a great product for what it was meant to do.
I don't "support" Helix. It's just that you hate the company so much that you can't see that. I specifically told you that "I couldn't care less about Helix."
Pointing out that the product is still being offered for sale, and that it is still being updated, is not "support." Those are non-subjective facts that can't be disputed by a rational person.
What would anyone else call a software package that will not run on hardware that isn't at least 5 years old.
Definitely not a good one. Maybe even one that next to nobody wants. But not a dead one if it is still being sold and updated constantly.
In addition, at the risk of being labeled a "Helix supporter", it seems to me that the release notes for the latest version of Helix says that it runs on Intel.
http://www.qsatoolworks.com/tlw/2009/nov30.html
But really, WHETHER IT DOES OR IT DOESN'T IS IRRELEVANT. The product hasn't been discontinued and it is still being sold and developed.
Really, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT HELIX, but, by definition, the fact that it is still being sold and continually developed means that it's not "dead."
I guess we will have to agree to disagree, but your definition of usable software is suspect, again I would question either your ability to critique software objectively. You chose to argue with someone that has actually used the software in question, which I can just about guarantee you have not.
Whether or not I've ever used Helix is entirely irrelevant. I have no opinion about the product, nor do I care to develop one.
The only thing that I'm arguing with you over is your claim that the product is "dead." By any rational definition, it isn't. I'M NOT "CRITIQUING" THE PRODUCT, NOR HAVE I MADE ANY CLAIMS ABOUT ITS "USABILITY."
Now...I've endured your personal attacks on me, and your use of the invective, preferring to take the high road. But since you feel that it's okay to get personal with me, let's talk about *you*.
You've just joined this group. You've posted four times. You dredged up an old thread about databases and taken it in a direction that it hadn't started in. It looks to me as if you have a vendetta against the folks who make Helix and you just joined this discussion list to bad-mouth Helix.
You are like a jilted lover. You're unhappy and petulant because they haven't lived up to your expectations. You are so angry with them that when I simply pointed out that they are still selling the product and producing updates (which are undeniable facts) you felt it necessary to lash out at me, call me names, and claim that I'm a "Helix supporter" and infer that I like and/or recommend the product, neither of which is the case.
Well, guess what? Nobody cares about your vendetta with Helix. Get over it. Joining discussion forums just to vent about Helix is both infantile and a waste of both your time and ours. Find yourself a new database program to use, and move on. Get a life.
