Good luck to Tom and the DMB crew, and I hope things remain status quo.

Like many of you, Ill continue to purchase upgrades and disks, but no way Im I paying for on-line access.

Now that Toms time is freed up for research and technical work, my prediction is that we will see a Version 10 upgrade prior to the end of the year. Tom is now an employee, rather than an owner. And as an employee, I doubt he will be able to move as slowly with upgrades and patches as he did in the past.

Dayne Myers is not dumb Simnasium needs to recoup its investment in DMB, and they might as well move quickly.

Also, Im well aware of Toms DMB history, but Ive wondered about his true passion for the game, especially after reading his 7/20/06 article Revisiting Game 7 of the 2003 ALCS