rmrichesjr wrote:The obvious solution to the switch from .csv format to vCard format for the two exports is to write a conversion program. It would seem to make sense for the first person to have such a program working to share it, or to make an open-source project out of it.
I was thinking exactly the same.
If indeed I knew the two formats I would write it and share the exe file.
This shouldnt be a problem for the people who maintain to write software to read them as reading a new formatted text based format is easy.
Those who it will cause problems for will be those who are end-users who use software that is no longer maintained or they might not know where to get update from or those who have just managed to write simple csv scripts etc.
For those reasons I see the point in writing a conversion program and I would if anyone is in need of it.
The fear of "dracunian control" and thousands of bishops affect is maybe a bit overstated.
I cant see anything "dracunian" about it as it was a basic change from one text based format to another. If that is what they wanted to do then you simply comment one line of code out and dont include the menu option in the next version.