[AccessD] Centura?

I am talking about a product already on the market.  IP docketing is a huge development project, so going with an out of the box solution and customizing it.  IP Master sends out quarterly updates that take into account new laws in IP worldwide.  Without a large customer base, the research and writing the changes into the program would be prohibitively expensive.  Unless he wants to be research and hire you as development on a new product to bring to market, he is headed down a road that will cost more and give him less function regardless of the platform he chooses.

IP Master has a lightweight version that will run on an average desktop and upgrades well to the full enterprise level version.  That is just the product I am most familiar with too.

Debbie

-----Original Message-----
From: Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 9:59 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Centura?

For the moment, given his market, Access FE/BE will be perfectly adequate -
I figure 3-20 users, small law offices.  If the time comes that he's getting
into bigger law firms and bigger numbers of users, from what I've read on
the list here he can upgrade the BE to SQL and keep the Access FE. The FE is
huge so rewriting it in another platform would be a major project.


Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
858-259-4334
www.e-z-mrp.com
www.bchacc.com
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Debbie Elam
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 7:39 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Centura?

Why not use a SQL based product?  I supported IP Master for years, and it
has a boatload of features that it  would take too much time and money to
recreate and maintain than would ever be worth a custom developer's time.
(ie when does a Lithuanian patent need to be renewed )  There are other good
products as well.

-----Original Message-----
From: Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 7:26 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Centura?

Gustav:

He's a lawyer specializing in patents and trademarks. Docketing means
scheduling of some kind to lawyers. When certain events or actions have to
take place.


Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
858-259-4334
www.e-z-mrp.com
www.bchacc.com
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Friday, August 08, 2008 1:22 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Centura?

Hi Rocky

By Centura he probably means Unify/Gupta (formerly Centura) Team Developer
found here:

  http://www.unify.com/Products/TeamDeveloper/default.aspx 

I have no experience with this. However, maintenance of such application
must be difficult due to the - I guess - limited count of qualified
developers for this.



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