David McAfee
dmcafee at pacbell.net
Wed Feb 8 22:59:21 CST 2006
I couldn't have said it better myself John. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of John Colby Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 7:58 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] [Fwd: Project Notification] Rocky, I do work with them. I have one client that I got through them, but I suspect only because they wanted to actually meet to discuss it and they were down on the coast. I have actually bid on perhaps 50 projects and landed exactly one. However if you watch what goes by on that site you can get a good laugh. "I need a spider to scan the major bookseller web sites, looking for my books. I need it to find the lowest price, then bid one cent below that lowest price. Email me the results. And the total cost for this project must be $75 or less". Uhhhh... OK. Idiot. Unfortunately quite typical. So yes, we are competing with India, Russia and China. OTOH, we also probably have list members in India, and Shamil is in Russia. China is less likely. Guru.com claim that less than 30% of all the contracts go overseas, but you have heard the old saw about "liars, damned liars, and statisticians". My guess is that less than 40% of all contracts even get awarded, with 75% of them going overseas. 75% of 40% = 30%. And in spite of it all, I still respond if they sound like they have a clue (which isn't all THAT often). John W. Colby www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2006 10:36 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: [AccessD] [Fwd: Project Notification] Any body work with Guru.com? Anybody have any success with it? Are we competing with programmers in India, Russia, and China? Rocky -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Project Notification Date: Wed, 08 Feb 2006 01:19:26 -0500 (EST) From: Guru.com <info at guru.com> To: bchacc at san.rr.com Guru.com : Project Notification ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dear Rocky: Within the last 24 hours, employers posted one or more projects that match your profile(s). How to find the below project(s): ---Sign in to your professional account: http://www.guru.com/pro/login.cfm ---On the My Admin page, click the "Project Notifications" link. Want to stop receiving Project Notification emails? Learn how here: http://www.guru.com/help/pro/invites.cfm#turn_off --------------------------------------------------- Profile ID: 611628 matches... Project ID: 192572 Title: Commission Calculation program Category: Programming / Software / Database Development Description: We are a mortgage company where we hire Loan Agents on commission, based on funded loans. We need a system that will calculate our loan agent's commission according to percentage, deductions, fees, etc., We need to maintain a database of all Loan Agents and their earned commission. We need to maintance a database of all loans funded. We need to be able to generate reports on specific loan commissions on particular time frame. --------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------- Profile ID: 611628 matches... Project ID: 192628 Title: VBA/Access Function Category: Programming / Software / Database Development Description: I need an VBA function to be used in an Access database that will compare two strings. If the strings are match with only a two character difference the function should return "True". If the strings vary by more than a two character difference the function should return false. The strings will have no punctuation or spaces. I NEED THIS NO LATER THAN 02/08/2006 5pm CST. Examples: Smith101MainStreet & Smiht101MainStreet = True Smit101MainStreet & Smith101MainStreet = True Smith10111MainStreet & Smith101MainStreet = True Smit101ManStreet & Smith101MainStreet = True Smith222MainStreet & Smith101MainStreet = False Smith101MaintainStreet & Smith101MainStreet = False Smoth101ManyStreet & Smith101MainStreet = False I will pay $45 for this function. I also have a large amount of similar work and Access development that I would happily give to someone that can show me quality and on time results. --------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________________ This Project Notification will be deleted from your account in two weeks. 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