John W. Colby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon Jan 24 12:03:25 CST 2005
Yep, time top talk to an atty. I doubt you have a problem just based on the length of the silence. He went away, used it for all this time, and now claims it doesn't work. Sounds lame to me. Does he have a signed contract with a warranty clause? If not he basically doesn't have a leg to stand on. Time and materials to fix it, at whatever rate you want to put on it... Payment terms to be agreed upon before work begins. Perhaps $300 / hour, $5000 up front, pmt due within 15 days of invoice receipt. Your atty will help draft such a letter. That's how I made my nightmare go away. It cost me my atty fees but that was minimal. John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com Contribute your unused CPU cycles to a good cause: http://folding.stanford.edu/ -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Nicholson, Karen Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 12:43 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Time for More Legal Discussion - Oh Boy This is the first I have heard about it. I have been happily not-contracting for at least a year and a half, so it has to be that long. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 12:34 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: RE: [AccessD] Time for More Legal Discussion - Oh Boy Sounds like time to have an attorney talk to him. How long ago did he discover that the program was "bad"? Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: Nicholson, Karen [mailto:cyx5 at cdc.gov] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2005 9:13 AM To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [AccessD] Time for More Legal Discussion - Oh Boy What happens when a program is written for a customer using Microsoft Technology, and the Microsoft Technology is bad - its data, its logic. It has cost this one client, he claims, $3000 in lost revenue and he wants the payment for the system refunded plus damages. The user never notified said programmer that there was a problem even though they have been using it for a good six months. -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com