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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Note to people making money programming with
Access.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1st rule of programming lauguages - the best
language will fail in the marketplace.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2nd rule of programming for money - It ain't
dogfood if the dogs won't eat it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Make sure you've got a market that will pay
for __________ (fill in the blank).</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I've got 2 friends that got mad at M$ and decided
to go open source. They standardized</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>on Berkley Free BSD, PostGreSql and PHP.
They've starved for about a year developing</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>a really good framework and have been trying to
make money with it since December.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They just sold a really big job to a current
customer who knows how good they are</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>and trusts them to deliver. The real test
will come in about 6 months when they've</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>finished their first job and are trying to
sell people </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>who don't know how good they
are. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I wish them well but still have doubts about the
</FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>local market for this combination of
products.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>They're doing a lot of the right things to help
develop a market here. They've gotten active</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>in a local Open Source group, are publicizing the
Open Source message, are doing demos</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>at local trade shows, are installing opensource for
free about one Saturday a month, etc.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Tom</FONT></DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=paulo@esb.ucp.pt href="mailto:paulo@esb.ucp.pt">Paulo Alexandre
Ramos</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=accessd@databaseadvisors.com
href="mailto:accessd@databaseadvisors.com">accessd@databaseadvisors.com</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 17, 2003 1:03
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [AccessD] Alpha Five A
prototyping tool to rival Access</DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Jim,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I believe that access will stay for a few more
years and I will continue using it. Never the less I'm looking for a replacent
for Access, specially for free :-)</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>BTW .NET as also a rival: mono (<A
href="http://www.go-mono.com">www.go-mono.com</A>) and its free (still need
some work)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Paulo</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV
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<A title=accessd@shaw.ca href="mailto:accessd@shaw.ca">Jim Lawrence
(AccessD)</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A
title=accessd@databaseadvisors.com
href="mailto:accessd@databaseadvisors.com">accessd@databaseadvisors.com</A>
</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 17, 2003 1:12
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> RE: [AccessD] Alpha Five A
prototyping tool to rival Access</DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=510330813-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Paulo:</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=510330813-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=510330813-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Looks interesting but is not described as Access's replacement, just
yet.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=510330813-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=510330813-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>My
two cents worth</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=510330813-17032003><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>Jim</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B> <A
href="mailto:accessd-admin@databaseadvisors.com">accessd-admin@databaseadvisors.com</A>
[mailto:accessd-admin@databaseadvisors.com]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Paulo
Alexandre Ramos<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, March 17, 2003 2:30
AM<BR><B>To:</B> AccessD Mailing List<BR><B>Subject:</B> [AccessD] Alpha
Five A prototyping tool to rival Access<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Access as a new rival.</FONT></DIV>
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