🚀 go-pugleaf

I am working on a proto-type network monitor using Dataviews.

First of all, I have not used gnuplot, so I cannot
compare it to that. 

However, Dataviews is definitely *NOT* worth the cost. It is well
designed but not well implemented. I used version 8.0. There were more
bugs and half-implemented features than there should be for such an
expensive product. On top of this, their run-time copy protection was
extremely annoying to work with. Each time you want to *EXECUTE* your 
application on another workstation, you have to call them for a validation
sequence. This is obscene.

There phone support was polite and they tried hard, but ultimately they
could not provide the answers for many of the problems.

The bottom line is that I will never use their product again, even if
they do eliminate the copy protection.

I can provide you with the bug list if you like.

P.S.

If you are determined to use Dataviews, they are coming out with version 9.0
soon. However, this brings up another problem. I used version 7.0 originally,
then we upgraded to 8.0. There were several undocumented functions which were
not upward compatible. I expect the same may be true between 8.0 and 9.0, so
beware if you start with 8.0.


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