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briansue
Oct 11, 2015Explorer
I also use S&T's a lot. I wish they would change their mind & bring it back.
Maybe we could get some sort of petition going? Maybe go to . . . http://www.laptopgpsworld.com/microsoft . . . to see if others are interested - I know they are. The guy from Microsoft who was in charge is named Larry and he used to be on the forum all the time. I think there are ways to contact him.
The problem is it takes a team of software guys to keep putting out new versions each year and not enough people buy the new version to make it worth what it costs them to put it out. People buy one in 2007 and never buy another. This is the sort of program that needs to be updated every year and at $35 or less it is a great deal. But people don't buy the new one so eventually Microsoft sells very few of them and there just is no money in it. We bought the new version every year because new roads continue to be built all over North America and a good GPS needs to be up to date. They also incorporated improvements each year (such as the Mega File) and so many things you could do with it. People on the Laptop GPS World website forum would talk about stuff and Larry would listen and try to make the requested improvements each year. That cost Microsoft money and if no one buys it there is just an overall loss so they just cut the whole program. I think even if they just issued a new one every couple years it would be great. But the public has to buy them. People have gone to the online mapping devices in their phones and think they do not need something as fancy as S&T - but those online maps can't even come close to doing what you can do with S&T. It is a huge loss to anyone who travels not to have something like S&T. We miss it.
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