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I was using Starry Night 6.2 and thought it a pretty good program (except for all the star databases they've removed in the last few years...).

(I've used earlier versions since the 90s.)

Then the 6.2.3 "update" was offered.

It totally destroyed my ability to use the program. The program doesn't even bounce in the dock anymore.

To add insult to injury:

I complained about the upgrade's destruction of my program to the Starry Night Users Group.

My post was never posted or sent to the other members.

Obviously this is a "User" mailing list tightly controlled by the corporate interest, rather than the user interest.

This is the post I made to the (alleged) "User" List for Starry Night:


At 10:01 AM -0500 3/6/08, Dave Whipps wrote:


>> We've confirmed that there is a problem with 6.2.3 on (Macintosh) G4 processors on any version of OSX.


Read it again:

"there is a problem with 6.2.3 on (Macintosh) G4 processors on any version of OSX."


"Problem??"

Totally disabling a product is a "problem"?

It's a disaster.


"Any version of OSX?"

That means that the upgrade was _never_ tested against G4 Macs using OSX.

How incredibly stupid is that??


This sort of quality-control failure is absolutely unconscionable.


My complimentary "update" of Starry Night made the program totally non-functional.

My program has been killed by the "update."

Dead.

Useless.

It doesn't even bounce in the Dock.


This problem _must_ be fixed quickly, without my re-installing the original and destroying my modifications.


It is absolutely amazing to me that Starry Night would release an "upgrade" that completely disabled the program for so many users.


-=- Dennis


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Yes.

If you can't tell:

I'm MegaPi$$ed.

If I can't download something within the next few days that makes it all better, without reinstalls and partial restores from backup and etc., then I'm going to be:

Mega SCREAMING Pi$$ed.


Then I'm going to pursue a secondary career in on-line software commentary...

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