Paul McNett wrote:
I don't understand why anyone would choose to develop single-platform
applications when it is possible to develop for all cases. Why limit
yourself? Why dictate platform requirements at the outset when it isn't
necessary?
Well, maybe you might want to have a really
On Dec 10, 2007 11:41 PM, Paul McNett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh geez, why do I get sucked into these...
I'm a mechanic servicing American and foreign automobiles. I believe
I'll need a set of wrenches and other tools that will fit both metric
and imperial.
Just make sure you don't end up
Perhaps what is really being asked is what is the best general
purpose database product for future investment?
Totally different question for a totally different perspective.
But it is high on the list of considerations with something
as important as a language decision,
where
what is the best general purpose database product for future
investment?
OK lets phrase the question that way then, does that help?
I am trying to approach this in a professional, logical,
non-emotive way in-order to ensure the best chance of return
on our investment. There are no
At 02:28 PM 12/10/2007 -0600, Stephen Russell wrote:
...
You need to better target your audience on what they do and how they do it
today. Sure you could have dreams of linux running through your head but if
your doing work for accountants and they live and die Excel is it a
requirement to make
On Dec 11, 2007, at 3:47 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
I don't understand why anyone would choose to develop single-platform
applications when it is possible to develop for all cases. Why limit
yourself? Why dictate platform requirements at the outset when it
isn't
necessary?
Well, maybe you
Ed Leafe wrote:
You mean like the Dabo grid? ;-)
:)
What I'm saying is at the minute the cross-platform approach would maybe
involve compromises in the UI department, but that could be outweighed
by the advantages of course.
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On Dec 11, 2007, at 6:50 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
What I'm saying is at the minute the cross-platform approach would
maybe
involve compromises in the UI department, but that could be outweighed
by the advantages of course.
I know; I was just being glib. The main point is that if you
Hi,
I don't understand why anyone would choose to develop single-platform
applications when it is possible to develop for all cases.
This implies that developing for all cases is an equal choice to develop
single-platform. But that's not true.
Unless an application is also designed,
On Dec 11, 2007 6:50 AM, Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What I'm saying is at the minute the cross-platform approach would maybe
involve compromises in the UI department, but that could be outweighed
by the advantages of course.
Maybe it would. Maybe it wouldn't. You're too
Stephen Russell wrote:
If it is to be run locally on your phone or a hand held then a db might be
overkill in memory usage. But parsing out the xml on an as needed basis and
index the data in what ever container your using could be fine.
Ok, I can see that pov, but without a db and just
On Dec 11, 2007 5:25 AM, Charlie Coleman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 02:28 PM 12/10/2007 -0600, Stephen Russell wrote:
...
You need to better target your audience on what they do and how they do
it
today. Sure you could have dreams of linux running through your head but
if
your doing
On Dec 11, 2007 8:46 AM, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 11, 2007 9:21 AM, Stephen Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Considering that we have no idea what this thing is intended to do we
all
have MEGA opinions, don't we? :)
I love the smell of napalm in the morning! --
Ted Roche wrote:
I love the smell of napalm in the morning! -- Apocalypse Now
I've never woken up and thought Saigon ... sh!t ..., but when I
presented with a new project I often think 'I asked them for a mission,
and for my sins they gave me one ...
On Dec 11, 2007 9:21 AM, Stephen Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Considering that we have no idea what this thing is intended to do we all
have MEGA opinions, don't we? :)
I love the smell of napalm in the morning! -- Apocalypse Now
--
Ted Flamewar? What flamewar? Pass me that bucket of
Sometimes, Nick, it boils down to
'which crystal ball are you comfortable with?'
Ages Past, the 'normal way' to do this
was to:
1. write a Requirements Document based on Requirements Elicitation
Methodologies garnered from the CMM (Capability Maturity Model).
2. Apply the Metrics of Function
On Dec 11, 2007 11:31 AM, William Sanders / EFG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good Luck ! Yer at a painful and critical stage, pre-analysis.
Some of us say that it is really another version of paralysis. If you don't
have the business requirements down, how can you go and justify HOW to do
Stephen Russell wrote:
On Dec 11, 2007 11:31 AM, William Sanders / EFG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good Luck ! Yer at a painful and critical stage, pre-analysis.
Some of us say that it is really another version of paralysis. If you don't
have the business requirements down, how can
: A Question of Strategy / Crystal Ball required
what is the best general purpose database product for future
investment?
OK lets phrase the question that way then, does that help?
I am trying to approach this in a professional, logical,
non-emotive way in-order to ensure the best
Reminds me of a few Dilbert cartoons where the PHB tells them to build a
database (but doesn't give any more details than that) and Dilbert asks
him what color do you want that database? to which the PHB responds
purple.g
Wasn't that line:
I think mauve has the most RAM.
Whil
NickC wrote:
Paul has kindly suggested Python which when coulpled with say MySQL might do
the job, I need to investigate further. However, I am concerned that it is
not a 4GL type environment. The drawbacks that I can see with Python
(please correct me where I am wrong) at the moment are:
Whil Hentzen wrote:
Reminds me of a few Dilbert cartoons where the PHB tells them to build a
database (but doesn't give any more details than that) and Dilbert asks
him what color do you want that database? to which the PHB responds
purple.g
Wasn't that line:
I think mauve
NickC wrote:
Hi Bill, thanks for your thoughts.
This whole thread seems to have rapidly degenerated into an argument about
irrelevantcies, it is good to get some constructive discussion.
Now I am aware, I guess that is obvious, that Fox can do exactly what we
want at the moment but the
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Hi Bill, thanks for your thoughts.
This whole thread seems to have rapidly degenerated into an argument
about
Charlie Coleman
I've dropped Open Office Calc in front of an Excel-loving accountant and
left him alone for a few days. When I checked back he said he didn't have
any problems and thought OO would work just fine. Of course, the company is
'standardized' on MS Office, so that's what he's using. At
Paul McNett wrote:
The application I'm getting paid to work on currently is a production
window shutter specification system - tracks customers, orders,
components available for purchase from my client, and prints out
cutsheets for the window shop to build the shutters to spec. The app
At 02:46 PM 12/11/2007 -0500, David Boatright wrote:
Charlie Coleman
I've dropped Open Office Calc in front of an Excel-loving accountant and
left him alone for a few days. When I checked back he said he didn't have
any problems and thought OO would work just fine. Of course, the company is
...
David Boatright wrote:
Charlie Coleman
I've dropped Open Office Calc in front of an Excel-loving accountant and
left him alone for a few days. When I checked back he said he didn't have
any problems and thought OO would work just fine. Of course, the company is
'standardized' on MS
Well, I've just discovered that FoxPro for DOS will run quite happily in
Ubuntu under DOSEmu, so there's your cross-platform solution!
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On Dec 11, 2007 3:45 PM, Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I've just discovered that FoxPro for DOS will run quite happily in
Ubuntu under DOSEmu, so there's your cross-platform solution!
CodeBook 2.5 here we come! The Foundation Read returns!
--
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Ted Roche Associates, LLC
Ted Roche wrote:
On Dec 11, 2007 3:45 PM, Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I've just discovered that FoxPro for DOS will run quite happily in
Ubuntu under DOSEmu, so there's your cross-platform solution!
CodeBook 2.5 here we come! The Foundation Read returns!
Personally, I always
On Dec 11, 2007 4:21 PM, Paul McNett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Personally, I always get nostalgic for SHOW GETS.
I'm getting all misty-eyed and choked-up. SHOW GETS NOSHOW NOWINDOW.
And who can forget EX1 and EX2 and the MOAR!
--
Ted Get out of the WayBack Machine, Sherman! Roche
Ted Roche
Ted Roche wrote:
On Dec 11, 2007 4:21 PM, Paul McNett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Personally, I always get nostalgic for SHOW GETS.
Ted Get out of the WayBack Machine, Sherman! Roche
Talk about nostalgia! Fractured Fairy Tales were the greatest! g
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Well, I've just discovered that FoxPro for DOS will run quite happily in
Ubuntu under DOSEmu, so there's your cross-platform solution!
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Bill,
Lo and behold, the politicians from the partner company, who I was
required to work with, claimed that, as you describe, *we* (meaning
*they*) has a need to analyze the requirements and choose the best tool
for the job.
Politics is just another requirement from my perspective. I do not
Ted Roche wrote:
On Dec 9, 2007 11:06 AM, Nick Causton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The age old question again I am afraid - which language to use?
C.
The language is standardized, available from mutliple vendors, has
deep support availabile, huge numbers of add-on libraries and is
MB Software Solutions wrote:
I'd think you might have been kidding, but didn't see the smiley. ;-)
Well, I think he's saying you should define the requirements more closely!
You would be crazy to embark on an application like this using C or C++.
On Dec 10, 2007 9:07 AM, MB Software Solutions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But are there many qualified C developers out there to support that
choice? Recall that was one of the huge strikes against VFP (there's
not many VFP developers--good ones anyway), and at the same time the
huge plus
Alan Bourke wrote:
Well, I think he's saying you should define the requirements more closely!
I'll say!
You would be crazy to embark on an application like this using C or C++.
Absolutely!
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Stephen Russell wrote:
C / Java are still taught in university level as the language.
This is a language that would be always looking for a talented base of
coders, and they woudl know that theyare going to be paid well at the same
time.
So is Pascal, because it teaches good habits. I
On Dec 10, 2007 9:19 AM, MB Software Solutions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Alan Bourke wrote:
Well, I think he's saying you should define the requirements more
closely!
I'll say!
You would be crazy to embark on an application like this using C or C++.
Absolutely!
Why? Because you
On Dec 10, 2007 9:20 AM, Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stephen Russell wrote:
C / Java are still taught in university level as the language.
This is a language that would be always looking for a talented base of
coders, and they woudl know that theyare going to be paid well at the
Michael,
Perhaps what is really being asked is what is the best general
purpose database product for future investment?
And Bill, because it's you, I have to ask: you wouldn't say
Foxpro for the database here, would you? Remember your words:
future
investment
Foremost, it's
On Dec 10, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Stephen Russell wrote:
C / Java are still taught in university level as the language.
That's changing, though. RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology)
just switched to Python for its courses. The rationale was you can
teach programming without having to
On Dec 10, 2007 3:50 PM, Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 10, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Stephen Russell wrote:
C / Java are still taught in university level as the language.
That's changing, though. RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology)
just switched to Python for its courses.
Paul Hill wrote:
snipped
Programmers should all learn assembler too - it's the only way you
learn to write fast optimised code.
I can say that programming in Assembler did in fact ingrain into me the
ideas to optimize and write fast code indeed.
--
Michael J. Babcock, MCP
MB Software
Rick,
Lo and behold, the politicians from the partner company, who I was
required to work with, claimed that, as you describe, *we* (meaning
*they*) has a need to analyze the requirements and choose the
best tool for the job.
Politics is just another requirement from my perspective.
Mike,
So where did you go wrong? VBG
Dave Crozier
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Paul Hill wrote
On Dec 10, 2007 9:50 AM, Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 10, 2007, at 10:17 AM, Stephen Russell wrote:
C / Java are still taught in university level as the language.
That's changing, though. RIT (Rochester Institute of Technology)
just switched to Python for its courses.
Java sucks because it doesn't have
pointers :-)
No, Java and C# are *great* because you can get on with being productive
and not have to worry about memory management and pointers. :)
It's 2007. Why would I want to be allocating my own memory?
Dave Crozier wrote:
Mike,
So where did you go wrong? VBG
I said I do to the wrong person. Oh, oops...right answer to wrong
question!!! g
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Alan Bourke wrote:
Java sucks because it doesn't have
pointers :-)
No, Java and C# are *great* because you can get on with being productive
and not have to worry about memory management and pointers. :)
It's 2007. Why would I want to be allocating my own memory?
Some
Sent: 10 December 2007 16:43
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Subject: Re: A Question of Strategy / Crystal Ball required
Dave Crozier wrote:
Mike,
So where did you go wrong? VBG
I said I do to the wrong person. Oh, oops...right answer to wrong
question!!! g
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MB Software
On Dec 10, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
Java sucks because it doesn't have pointers :-)
No, Java and C# are *great* because you can get on with being
productive
and not have to worry about memory management and pointers. :)
It's 2007. Why would I want to be allocating my own
Dave Crozier wrote:
Mike,
You know the reason why getting married spoils things?
Well, nobody wants to sleep with a close relative, do they.
(No discussions from the group pervs please!)
2nd cousins are technically ok I think, Dave!!!
(Taken OT before TR slams me for running up the
Ed Leafe wrote:
Of course, the answer is it depends. Mostly on what level you are
programming to.
If you are creating hardware drivers and the like, you'd better be
using a low-level language. If you are writing a business app for 100
users to access a database server, it
On Dec 10, 2007, at 12:05 PM, MB Software Solutions wrote:
Sounds great to me, Ed. It's refreshing to hear this news. The old
FORTRAN and COBOL classes seemed long overdue for retirement from
college curriculum.
IIRC, they were using mostly Java, with a few Pascal courses still
In actual practice, the consultant is just as often chosen to beef up
and sell the bosses pre-determined point of view.
Sure this happens. I have worked in environments where the consultants are
brought in for opinions,
and are used to make the best decision. It is a valuable service and one I
Ed Leafe wrote:
IIRC, they were using mostly Java, with a few Pascal courses still
around. I don't think that anyone's taught Fortran or Cobol in
general courses for decades.
It was at Penn State in the early 90s...I hope they stopped shortly
after I left!
--
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MB Software Solutions wrote:
Ed Leafe wrote:
IIRC, they were using mostly Java, with a few Pascal courses still
around. I don't think that anyone's taught Fortran or Cobol in
general courses for decades.
It was at Penn State in the early 90s...I hope they stopped
Alan Bourke wrote:
Still a hell of a lot of legacy COBOL out there ...
And with no plans to migrate it iirc either...perhaps why M$ made Cobol
able to run under DotNet (again iirc)???
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http://fabmate.com
The reason why Python was chosen was precisely because the courses
dealt with concepts such
as algorithms, looping, conditionals, classes, etc. - things that are common to
all languages. The
faculty simply felt that Python required the least amount of language- specific
instruction,
Rick,
In actual practice, the consultant is just as often chosen to beef
up
and sell the bosses pre-determined point of view.
Sure this happens. I have worked in environments where the
consultants are brought in for opinions, and are used to make
the best decision. It is a valuable
Of Bill Arnold
Sent: 10 December 2007 07:53
To: profox@leafe.com
Subject: RE: A Question of Strategy / Crystal Ball required
Rick,
What you say is clearly valid, but there are pitfalls.
Years ago, I was tasked with implementing 'systems management'
applications for a large company. IBM
December 2007 21:28
To: profox@leafe.com
Subject: RE: A Question of Strategy / Crystal Ball required
I think you missed my point Nick. The choice cannot be really discussed
with a lack of information.
Even with the details you posted in response to the post by Gil and
myself. There are too many
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On Dec 9, 2007 11:06 AM, Nick Causton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The age old question again I am afraid - which language to use
Rick Schummer wrote:
What a brilliant concept! My son looked at RIT for a brief time and I knew it
would have been a
smart choice.
A kid from my town up in PA goes to RIT for CompSci (or some derivative).
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MB Software Solutions, LLC
The point of the thread was to elicit discussion and eventually decide which
language/databse is best suited to this project.
I understand this, and I am sticking and staying with the fact that one cannot
decide without more
knowledge.
I think the better question would be this: Based on the
NickC wrote:
Bill Arnold wrote:
what is the best general purpose database product for future
investment?
OK lets phrase the question that way then, does that help?
Future investment in a general purpose database product, in my mind, has
a few important requirements:
a) Knowing the
On Dec 10, 2007, at 2:48 PM, Paul McNett wrote:
Now, those requirements were only off the top of my head, and show my
bias (come up with requirements that Python would satisfy). So... what
are some other requirements for this class of product?
g) Has a kick-ass development framework supported
Paul McNett wrote:
e) The database is scalable from small single-user in-memory to
enterprise-level.
Any of the products could probably use any database from an XML file
upwards assuming the drivers exist.
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Alan Bourke wrote:
Paul McNett wrote:
e) The database is scalable from small single-user in-memory to
enterprise-level.
Any of the products could probably use any database from an XML file
upwards assuming the drivers exist.
I don't think of XML as a database, but rather a data
On Dec 10, 2007 1:41 PM, NickC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It is a business app for say 20 users. No hardware drivers, if there were
I
would of course use C for them.
I would drop using words like database and application because they are the
two dumb ends of the nTier development that I am
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On Dec 10, 2007 2:36 PM, Paul McNett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stephen Russell wrote:
You need to better target your audience on what they do and how they do
it
today. Sure you could have dreams of linux running through your head
but if
your doing work for accountants and they live and
On Dec 10, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:
Even if Windows support is a requirement (granted, it probably
will be)
that doesn't mean that it is the right choice to limit the
application
to Windows-only deployment.
Sorry but that is only pure EGO .
???
Rick Schummer wrote:
Even if Windows support is a requirement (granted, it probably will be)
that doesn't mean that it
is the right choice to limit the application to Windows-only deployment.
The same goes to limiting your choices of tools and language based on some
artificial desire by
Stephen Russell wrote:
You have to go back to who is going to operate the new system and what they
need it to do.
Do you need a db, or will XML files suffice?
Unless it's very light (in terms of data), I can't imagine NOT having a db.
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On Dec 10, 2007 3:58 PM, Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 10, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:
Even if Windows support is a requirement (granted, it probably
will be)
that doesn't mean that it is the right choice to limit the
application
to Windows-only deployment.
MB Software Solutions wrote:
Stephen Russell wrote:
You have to go back to who is going to operate the new system and what they
need it to do.
Do you need a db, or will XML files suffice?
Unless it's very light (in terms of data), I can't imagine NOT having a db.
I cant imagine
On Dec 10, 2007 4:01 PM, Paul McNett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stephen Russell wrote:
On Dec 10, 2007 2:36 PM, Paul McNett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stephen Russell wrote:
You need to better target your audience on what they do and how they
do
it
today. Sure you could have
Stephen Russell wrote:
On Dec 10, 2007 3:58 PM, Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Dec 10, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:
Even if Windows support is a requirement (granted, it probably
will be)
that doesn't mean that it is the right choice to limit the
application
to
On Dec 10, 2007 4:08 PM, MB Software Solutions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Stephen Russell wrote:
You have to go back to who is going to operate the new system and what
they
need it to do.
Do you need a db, or will XML files suffice?
Unless it's very light (in terms of data), I
Stephen Russell wrote:
I see that as a very limiting requirement. It is like buying a set of
wrenches to work on your car with. You have a CHOICE between Metric or
English. Past that decision they just work. So why demand that you have to
have both sets at the onset?
Oh geez, why do I
On Dec 10, 2007, at 5:26 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:
No you have thousands of options and YOUR requirement tosses 90% or
more out
of the pool before we have business requirements or functional
requirements.
Nobody tossed anything; it was a matter of all other needs being
met,
On Dec 10, 2007, at 5:37 PM, Stephen Russell wrote:
If it is to be run locally on your phone or a hand held then a db
might be
overkill in memory usage. But parsing out the xml on an as needed
basis and
index the data in what ever container your using could be fine.
Hmmm...
Define better.
Exactly my point.
If I have to pick between a tool with a better ROI that is going to get me
faster to market with the
existing and trusted software developer (and ties me to the preferred
platform), and one that has
higher training costs (that might not be in the budget) with
MB Software Solutions wrote:
Paul Hill wrote:
snipped
Programmers should all learn assembler too - it's the only way you
learn to write fast optimised code.
I can say that programming in Assembler did in fact ingrain into me the
ideas to optimize and write fast code indeed.
And
On Dec 10, 2007 4:29 PM, Paul McNett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
MB Software Solutions wrote:
Stephen Russell wrote:
You have to go back to who is going to operate the new system and what
they
need it to do.
Do you need a db, or will XML files suffice?
Unless it's very light (in
The age old question again I am afraid - which language to use?
We are maybe looking at a largish $200k development for which we want to
get returns for the next ten years, longer if possible. Now lets assume
that I am being employed as a Strategic Consultant to examine which
development
...
Gil
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The age old question again I am afraid - which language to use?
We
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The age old question again I am
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Existing hardware? If so what do you have? Do you have to stay within
Windows
/ Crystal Ball required
You forgot to mention some or many of the key requirements. I am not
saying you are doing this, but
this is where most strategic consultants make a big mistake in my opinion.
Pick a language before
understanding all/most of the requirements. I have worked on too many
of Strategy / Crystal Ball required
You forgot to mention some or many of the key requirements. I am not
saying you are doing this, but
this is where most strategic consultants make a big mistake in my opinion.
Pick a language before
understanding all/most of the requirements. I have worked
Nick Causton wrote:
The age old question again I am afraid - which language to use?
We are maybe looking at a largish $200k development for which we want to
get returns for the next ten years, longer if possible. Now lets assume
that I am being employed as a Strategic Consultant to examine
: A Question of Strategy / Crystal Ball required
I think you missed my point Nick. The choice cannot be really
discussed with a lack of information.
Even with the details you posted in response to the post by Gil
and myself. There are too many
unanswered questions.
Database of 10 tables
mrgmhale wrote:
I hate to even come off as tromping on this opportunity you have come across
Nick. That is the last thing I would want to do. But Rick's point is
really well grounded. IMHO one of the very last things that ought to be
considered for a software/solution development project is
Rick,
What you say is clearly valid, but there are pitfalls.
Years ago, I was tasked with implementing 'systems management'
applications for a large company. IBM, which owned half the company, had
a major database product specifically for this purpose (info/mgmt). Upon
receiving the assignment -
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