Re: RDi vs SEU

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This would be me.  I am one of these people.  Prying coding sheets away 
from me was tough. I still know exactly where my coding template card 
is, even after 5 moves and 25+ years.  I went to code/400 because 300 
baud modems were even slower.

RDi's first 2 days learning curve is irritating but even I did it. After 
that it fast becomes real fun.

On 4/2/2015 10:31 AM, Buck Calabro wrote:

> > On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 6:31 PM, Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
...

  It may very well be a case of not
> being able to please everyone, but if it is, then why do colleagues
> sound like this (15+ years and counting):
>
> Me: Try RDi; man I love this thing!
> X: I heard it was bloatware
> Me: Did YOU try it?
> X: I heard it was buggy
> Me: Did you TRY it?
> X: I heard it needs a cutting edge PC
> Me: DID YOU TRY it?
> X: It costs too much
> Me: Did you ask the boss if he'd spend the money?
> X: I just know he'll say no
> Me: So you won't bother asking the boss?
> X: I heard the learning curve was awful
> Me: So... you're not going to install the free trial?
> X: SEU is faster
> Me: And you know this because you've tried it?
> X: Y tried it in 2001 and the installer was awful
> Me: So... multiple reasons why SEU is better yet you yourself have not
> actually tried it?
> X: I don't need to try it. SEU is fine.