[AccessD] Secured vs. Unsecured FEs

The problems are:

I am locked in and cannot transfer anything in or out.
How to secure the code?

Mike Mattys

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 10:30 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Secured vs. Unsecured FEs


> ...send him to me! :)))
>
> ...my goal at this stage of my retirement is to convince every client that
I
> can support them over a high-speed VPN ...from Costa Rica
:))))))))))))))))
>
> ...the only objection I'd have is that you definitely want to work on one
of
> their workstations rather than on their server ...otherwise, as long as
you
> secure your code, I don't see the problem ...unless you mean he's actually
> expecting you to accomplish ALL development across the VPN rather than
just
> interfacing with his systems for installation and maintenance ...now that
> could be a real drag since the term "high speed VPN" is essentially
> meaningless in a development mode ...he'd have to give you a dedicated T1
to
> keep you as productive as you are on a local workstation ...and even then
> there would be problems such as access to all your own code libraries,
> development tools, and template mdbs :(
>
> William Hindman
> "All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing." Edmund
> Burke
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael R Mattys" <michael.mattys at adelphia.net>
> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 10:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Secured vs. Unsecured FEs
>
>
> > I have a client who wants me to do all development
> > over a high-speed VPN on their server.
> >
> > In what manner should I agree to this? Or not?
> >
> > Mike Mattys
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net>
> > > ...yes, always unless the client stipulates otherwise ...and then I
> > include
> > > a clause about individual copyrights where such code is used AND
charge
> > him
> > > a stiff differential for it ...client response varies ...most really
> don't
> > > care about the code, they get it confused with the ownership of their
> data
> > > ...but for those that do, its available.
> > >
> > > William Hindman
> > > "All it takes for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing."
Edmund
> > > Burke
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Stephen Bond" <stephen at bondsoftware.co.nz>
> > > > William, do you ever assert ownership of the code at the beginning
of
> a
> > > contract? Down here, the law says it is the client's unless asserted
at
> > the
> > > start of the contract, so I do.
> >
> >
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