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Old April 23rd 07, 01:04 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Doug Vetter
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Default Voyager Flight Software System

Bravo Two Zero wrote:
Is anyone using the Voyager Flight Software System ? I have downloaded the
'Free Flight' version and now I keep getting all these emails to buy the
full product.

My usage of Voyager so far has been limited and I have to say that both on
my desktop and laptop, it either fails to start, or is very slow.

Any comments ?


Some comments from a pilot of 20 years and embedded systems developer:

My review may be dated, but I evaluated the Voyager product suite about
six months ago and I was left with the impression that it was all about
flash and features, and little about performance and reliability. The
primary problem with the Voyager suite is that it tries to be everything
to everyone and it suffers from feature bloat.

I ran it on a top-of-the-line desktop machine and was never impressed
with its speed. I can only imagine how slow it would be on a tablet in
battery conservation mode.

I sent the company an extensive review of the product and gave them a
lot of constructive criticism (not just "hey, this sucks", but "here's
how I would fix it" and "this is what I need it to do"). To their
credit I received a point-by-point response, but they didn't promise to
fix anything.

And yea, they keep spamming me too.

-Doug

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