John Skolits
askolits at nni.com
Tue Apr 29 12:57:53 CDT 2008
I never read the article but that excerpt just cracked me up. Good one! John Skolits -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark A Matte Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:12 PM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] Migrate 2.0 and A97 to XP: Advice and Cost??? Excelent article. I think my favorite part was: "will go flat broke and be looking for a salaried position sooner than John Colby can jump on a multi-field primary." Seriously though...The pricing was in line with what I was hearing 'through the grapevine" Thanks, mark > From: wdhindman at dejpolsystems.com > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:11:54 -0400 > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Migrate 2.0 and A97 to XP: Advice and Cost??? > > ...97 to xp is just minor grunt work if the original coder actually did his > job. > > ...but if the "97" code is really A2 code running under the 3.5 library then > you can have a nightmare on your hands ...it all depends on the original > coder, how much Access Basic used versus API calls, and how well commented > it is/was. > ...my practice is to give them a firm fixed price quote to assess the > existing code and produce a proprietary report on what is actually needed > ...then go from there once you have something real to deal with ...if you > have the FMS diagnostics suite, this is usually something you can do in a > few hours, produce reams of report paper on, and impress the hell out of > them without actually killing yourself ...if you don't have the FMS Suite, > good luck ...whatever you do don't give them a price without knowing exactly > what you're taking on ...and make sure that the conversion project is > extremely well defined in terms of additional reports, functionality, etc > ...and that you have a firm understanding that any and all changes/additions > past your original proposal are at additional cost. > > ...as to hourly rate, there's an article I wrote on the subject for the > first dba newsletter which is still posted on the website ...nothing has > really changed ...if you run the numbers your rate question should answer > itself ...don't sell yourself short ...its better to starve in a rocking > chair than to starve while producing code you sold short ...imnsho of > course. > > ...hth :) > > William > > -------------------------------------------------- > From: "Mark A Matte" > Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 11:17 AM > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > > Subject: [AccessD] Migrate 2.0 and A97 to XP: Advice and Cost??? > >> >> Hello All, >> >> A small company needs to have some Access DBs upgraded from Access 2.0 and >> A97 to XP. >> >> They want to provide airfare and hotel...and pay hourly. >> >> The project will involve upgrading, some system functionality >> modifications, and some new reports. Some of their current functionality >> is "broken" (all the detail they had). >> >> Any suggestions to the approach, things to look out for in the migration, >> or any advice? >> >> Also, what would be considered a fair hourly rate? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Mark A. Matte >> _________________________________________________________________ >> In a rush? Get real-time answers with Windows Live Messenger. >> http://www.windowslive.com/messenger/overview.html?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_Refresh _realtime_042008 >> -- >> 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 _________________________________________________________________ Back to work after baby-how do you know when you're ready? http://lifestyle.msn.com/familyandparenting/articleNW.aspx?cp-documentid=579 7498&ocid=T067MSN40A0701A -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com