Drew Wutka
DWUTKA at Marlow.com
Thu Jun 19 18:03:54 CDT 2008
I see. Drew -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jennifer Gross Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 6:58 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Abducted by Aliens Scenario Drew, it's not that my systems need constant attention. It is that my clients are typically all very long term clients with very large appetites for moving their unique processes onto the computer or refining their processes or coordinating data flow with a vendor, or extracting data from the database for analysis in a new and different way. Once they see what is possible from a workflow and an analysis perspective by moving their paper or Excel processes to a database they can't seem to get enough of what I can do for them. For a lot of them I hold a very unique knowledge that in their mind is almost magical. They have no idea how what I do works and it is very scary to them to think that one day I might disappear and they would be left stranded. Jennifer -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Drew Wutka Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:41 AM To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Abducted by Aliens Scenario LOL, your topic reminded me of Prototype (the last school in the Naval Nuclear pipeline). The final qualification was an oral examination, where I was asked some pretty bizarre questions. I went to prototype at A1W, nicknamed Alice In Wonderland, which was a complete mockup of the #3 engine room on the USS Enterprise. (Actually, it was built before the Enterprise, thus, a 'prototype'). One of the questions was that the Starship Enterprise came into orbit and beamed the entire A1W crew onto it...what would happen to the plant!?! The next question, after I explained what would happen, and what we would have to do to recover when they beamed us back, was that S5G (an experimental sub plant next to us) fired a torpedo at us.... To answer your actual question, sort of, I tend to design my systems so that my personal involvement is usually unnecessary. The only catch to this is really .mdb corruption, which happens once in a blue moon, but any Access developer can deal with that, and it never happens on any of the systems I have running with a web interface. Right now, the only systems I have to 'support' are a few NT services I built which don't seem to 'restart' right when we reboot the servers. No big deal, and they are marked for replacement by systems we will be getting in the future. As for intellectual rights, well, I'm no expert on the legal options there. Hopefully someone else will chime in there. Drew -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jennifer Gross Sent: Thursday, June 19, 2008 12:18 PM To: AccessD List Subject: [AccessD] OT: Abducted by Aliens Scenario Good Morning Everyone, For all of my clients I am their single point of contact for MS Access database development, modifications, complex queries, etc. I suspect that a lot of you are as well. I am interested to know what contractual and physical processes as emergency steps that you have in place to provide a modicum of continuity to the client should you be abducted by aliens or hit by a bus and no longer able to fulfill your role for your clients. How are you handling intellectual property issues? Do you install MDB or MDE to protect your copyright? In my thinking, if I were to suddenly go to the great beyond my children should inherit my copyrights as some of the systems that are single installs for my clients have the potentiality of being marketable software packages. In addition, each stand alone system has intellectual property value in and of itself. My newer contracts specify that I am only providing a license to the client to run the code. Older contracts are silent on this issue, which I have learned through legal battle means that I own the copyright. Also, aside from the copyright issues do you provide your clients with a list of individuals who could step in if you are out of commission, a means to access backup files, developer password information and any other issues that you have considered should aliens carry you off in the night. 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