[AccessD] Hacking MDE (was Creating a demo Access app?)

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I'm still convinced I'll do a better job than some sorry hacker.
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Penn,

I'm not making tragedy with this special case - yes, no doubt, I can do
better job than some sorry hackers, as you say - what I'm saying is:

- this copycat case of MS Access/VB6 add-ins is an obvious impudent case I
have never seen before;
- MS Access/VB6 add-ins' customers are worldwide customers not customers
like you mention and when a third party company uses copycat software with
dumping prices this may undermine all the efforts and investments of the
original software company and make it bankrupt;
- when you program add-ins it's important to find a good selling idea and
implement it - and these are big investments - when this is done and
published copycatting would take 1/10th or less of the original efforts and
when a big copycat company is dumping against a small hardworking team then
this is bad to say the least because it spoils this World...

Shamil

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Penn White" <ecritt1 at alltel.net>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Hacking MDE (was Creating a demo Access app?)


> All,
>
> I've had a little trouble following all of Shamil's links and logic but it
> seems to boil down to a company (or multiple companies under the
> same -hidden - ownership) is in the process of reverse engineering other
> people's work.
>
> If I understand it correctly, it's nothing new and not unique to computer
> programs.  IMHO, everything released into the public domain will, sooner
> or
> later, be copied or even reverse engineered by somebody if it's good
> enough.
>
> I beleive that the only way to combat this is to continue to improve the
> program and market effectively and continually.  If the reverse
> engineers/copycats were so smart, they'd be producing their own work
> instead
> of copying everybody elses.
>
> This may not be the case in instances like China stealing our proprietary
> missle development technology which saves them years of work and gives
> them
> access to things they don't have the resources yet to develop themselves.
> But an Access or SQL Server database app like I develop is really pretty
> simple to copy.
>
> What I have going for me is an established customer base and a head start
> on
> the competition.  I've got over a year of development time in an app I am
> currently marketing and it's far from finished the way I'd like it to be.
> Sure, somebody can copy it and maybe even improve on it while they're at
> it
> but it will take them awhile and all that while, I'm selling more copies,
> doing more development and fine tuning, and establishing a loyal group of
> customers who trust me and know I'm responsive to their needs.  They could
> switch to somebody else, but why would they bother?  A new customer could
> buy a cheap knock-off of my program but ultimately, you get what you pay
> for
> and I'm still convinced I'll do a better job than some sorry hacker.
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> Penn
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Shamil Salakhetdinov" <shamil at users.mns.ru>
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> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 6:51 PM
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