FATFREDDYSCAT  Got a canned email from Chronos tech support today saying that they're FORTY DAYS BEHIND in answering their tech support queries!!!

This is just totally unacceptable. They blame the fact that they released a new version, but any competent company knows and expect an influx of questions when a new version is released.

Sorry, Chronos, but you've lost my business and I will be recommending to all my users that they select software from a company that has sufficient technical resources to test and support their products adequately.   
(Version 8.07)

FATFREDDYSCAT  Developer has officially posted that the software is discontinued and that no further development will be done. Developer says that the restrictions on use and modification of the software have been removed, so perhaps someone will take it over and provide further development.   
(Version 4.10b5)

FATFREDDYSCAT  Join the club. Chronos tech support is virtually nonexistent. I've gone weeks with no response of any sort to some of my questions, not even the courtesy of a "we can't duplicate this" or "sorry, we're swamped, but we'll get back to you as soon as possible" brush-off. It seems like Chronos only has one person working for them and that person does everything, from writing the programs to answering tech support to making the coffee.

For this reason, along with the continual problems, I recommend people avoid Chronos products.  
(Version 8.07)

FATFREDDYSCAT  A unique feature set if it could be relied on, but every version has had bugs, many very obvious to even the minimal level of testing, and Chronos "tech support", if it can even be dignified by that title, can only be described as terrible if not outright nonexistent. I recommend avoiding Chronos products unless you just can't find anything else that will do the job for you. It's just not worth the headaches and interminable waiting for responses and bug fixes.  
(Version 8.07)

FATFREDDYSCAT  Still some minor bugs, but overall Eon is stable and for me quite useful. The developer has been very responsive to fixing reported bugs and accepting suggestions for enhancements, so expect Eon to continue to improve. It's completely usable in it's current version, though.

While Eon won't fit everyone's workflow, it's very handy if what you want/need is to see your schedule and to-do list at a glance, without having to open an application, pull down a menu, or go to Dashboard. It's by no means the only schedule viewer available and depending on your needs and preferences another solution might suit you better, but if schedule-at-a-glance is of interest to you, this application is well worth checking out.   
(Version 1.2.1)

FATFREDDYSCAT  Perhaps they will eventually get it through their "thick skulls" and add the feature you so desperately wish for. But for now, you can just create an Automator workflow to upload your files, and have that workflow run triggered to run as you wish. One way (though by no means the only way) would be to save it as a plugin, and iCal to run that plugin whenever you wish.

Or you can just stop whining and use some other product that has the features you need. For many of us, Transmit works just fine as it is.   
(Version 3.6.8)

FATFREDDYSCAT  Sorry, but the pricing is very unrealistic for this utility even it if works exactly as promised. Mac OS X 10.6 "Snow Leopard" will offer direct Exchange support for not only iCal but Address Book and Mail as well, so not only will it support more functions, no extra server software will be required and the full OS will, if the price is the same as all previous releases of Mac OS X, only cost $30 more per workstation as this utility costs by itself.

Julia/Brutus might have some interest for those who, for some reason, cannot upgrade to Exchange Server 2007 (which Snow Leopard will, I believe, require), but otherwise I don't foresee much future for this product now. A year or two ago, yes, it might have been very appealing, but now, with Snow Leopard probably on a few months away, no, not unless Julia has some functionality the developer's web site doesn't make clear.  
(Version 1.0)

FATFREDDYSCAT  The site still says "Coming back soon" months after the site originally went down, so it's pretty clear that the company is out of business and MacReporter a dead product. Unfortunate since it worked exactly the way I liked. NetNewsWire appears to be an acceptable substitute for accessing RSS feeds, though, and is free.   
(Version 2.6)

FATFREDDYSCAT  Short acquaintance as of yet, but so far it's working perfectly. Easy, fast, and to date rock solid. It amazes me that this is donationware; it's easily of the quality that could be sold commercially. Anyone interested in a hotkey manager absolutely should check this out, and donate if it proves to work as well for you as it does for me.  
(Version 3.0b8)

FATFREDDYSCAT  Incredibly powerful program, incredibly difficult company to deal with. Licensing, unless they've changed it in the new version 5, is very arcane and cumbersome.  
(Version 5.0.1)

FATFREDDYSCAT  Update: On further reading, I see that those of us who have MailSteward Light get an upgrade to the higher-level MailSteward for the $20.00 upgrade fee, so that's a little less painful. Still seems unreasonable to me for those who already had the full MailSteward, though.  
(Version 8.0)

FATFREDDYSCAT  I agree completely with everyone else's comments. I'm more than willing to pay for an upgrade when it really is an upgrade, adding some new feature, but having to pay $20.00 for an "upgrade" that is only three bug fixes and a new licensing system that has no real advantages for me is a different matter.

If the developer can show me how this "upgrade" is going to be worth $20.00 to me, I'll pay it, even though the purchase stated "If you ordered MailSteward, you are entitled to free upgrades ... number, you can always download the latest version." Otherwise I'll stay with the current version and if significant bugs crop up that I have to pay to correct, I'll start looking for a new solution for myself and the 200+ users I support.  
(Version 8.0)

FATFREDDYSCAT  Product is apparently dead. No updates in almost a year, and no messages from the developer in his Yahoo Groups support area in equally long. Unfortunate as when it was running under a fully-supported version of Mac OS X and FileMaker, eMessage Archiver was quite useful. But there are too many bugs now, particularly under Leopard, for this to be a viable solution any longer and there are no indications that any further development is happening. Anyone looking for a mail backup program should look elsewhere.  
(Version 4.10b5)

FATFREDDYSCAT  It worked with few issues under Tiger, but has serious bugs under Leopard. Hasn't been updated in a year and half, though updates have been promised several times. Don't pay for this unless and until an update appears that certifies the app as fully Leopard compatible and reviewers (here and elsewhere) verify that the bugs have indeed been fixed.

P.S. The same applies to any of this developer's software; most hasn't seen an update in months if not years.  
(Version 2.2.2)

FATFREDDYSCAT  The demo information lies. The information for the demo states "The Drive Genius 2 evaluation copy is fully functional, although there are limits to how many times you may use each function." but when you try to run many of the functions, including the Integrity and Benchtest, the application reports "This feature is not available in the trial version of this application" and won't run that function at all. Not what I call "fully functional" by any measure.

Not only does this make it impossible to properly evaluate the product (and I'm not spending $100 on a critical utility whose proper functioning I cannot verify), does anyone really want to trust their system to a company that can't even post accurate information for their demo?  
(Version 2.0.1)