I am kindly requesting that Alaska software implement a customer feedback 
forum similar to the ADS site at

http://feedback.advantagedatabase.com/pages/general/filter/top

The service on uservoice is free for light usage and nomally priced for basic 
usage.

As everyone is aware, I have opinions regarding Xbase++ direction that are 
not fully aligned with current development.  I am more than willing to yield 
on these opinions to the greater good if I can view an objective representation 
of Xbase++ users feedback.  I believe that uservoice.com provides a reasonable 
way to accomplish this.

Alternatively, if Alaska is uninterested, I would like permission/endorsement 
from Alaska software to implement an unofficial Xbase++ customer feedback 
forum at uservoice with the hope of better understanding the concensus of 
Xbase++ user views.

Regards,

Rodd Graham, Consultant
Graham Automation Systems, LLC

Rodd,

 we already have developed that type of application, our goal
 was to get rid of the un-reflected und un-balanced wishlist
 in the newsgroup but also to integrate the current PDR voting
 process with our internal issue tracking and feature tracking application.
 The idea was to make the development progress and focus
 transparent in a permanent manner and provide customers a way
 to influence future development and feature requests beyond
 the simple PDR voting right now.

This way providing a centralized view into:

 - what customers want in means of new features
 - on which features we are already working
 - which features are already done
 - which PDRs need to be resolved
 - what are the customers long term requirements
 - where Alaska Software sees a need for, (this includes disruptive 
features, moves)

 Our plan is to lanuch that application at the forthcoming Xbase++
 User-Conference in Cologne.

 regards
 Steffen F. Pirsig
 Alaska Software Inc.

"Rodd Graham" <rgraham@grahamautomation.com> wrote in message 
news:6c56a9224a45e8cb82cd1de1f6d6@news.alaska-software.com...
>
> I am kindly requesting that Alaska software implement a customer feedback 
> forum similar to the ADS site at
>
> http://feedback.advantagedatabase.com/pages/general/filter/top
>
> The service on uservoice is free for light usage and nomally priced for 
> basic usage.
>
> As everyone is aware, I have opinions regarding Xbase++ direction that are 
> not fully aligned with current development.  I am more than willing to 
> yield on these opinions to the greater good if I can view an objective 
> representation of Xbase++ users feedback.  I believe that uservoice.com 
> provides a reasonable way to accomplish this.
>
> Alternatively, if Alaska is uninterested, I would like 
> permission/endorsement from Alaska software to implement an unofficial 
> Xbase++ customer feedback forum at uservoice with the hope of better 
> understanding the concensus of Xbase++ user views.
>
> Regards,
>
> Rodd Graham, Consultant
> Graham Automation Systems, LLC
>
>

Hello Steffen,

> we already have developed that type of application, our goal
> was to get rid of the un-reflected und un-balanced wishlist
> in the newsgroup but also to integrate the current PDR voting
> process with our internal issue tracking and feature tracking
> application.

Fair enough.  I look forward to this application coming online.

If you find the application delayed or cancelled due to priorities, you might 
consider uservoice.com a interim solution since it is free and takes 15 minutes 
to setup.  I don't know about you, but I cannot implement a custom solution 
quicker than that.

Regards,

Rodd Graham, Consultant
Graham Automation Systems, LLC