John Bartow
john at winhaven.net
Tue May 20 13:56:03 CDT 2008
That's the ironic part - it was a regional government agency that was the customer of the main contractor. I got paid, no questions asked, they kept the agency as a customer and I kept working with the main contractor. I put it down to "gubmint". A couple of years later I asked the main contractor what ever happened with that project. They had decided to stop development of tabular only systems and were trying to integrate everything into one comprehensive spatial system. Great idea except much of the data wasn't spatial in nature. A hybrid system would have been the solution they needed but people seldom seem to be able to grasp a solution that isn't easily placed into categories. My contact laughed when I said it bummed me out and said it had nothing to do with you or your work so just let it go! I just despise waste, especially when its tax money paying for it. Last I asked they still didn't have a solution for their needs so they were patching stuff together with spreadsheets and such <arg>. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Edward S Zuris Sent: Tuesday, May 20, 2008 2:16 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Multiple Frontend Users Been there, done that. Some toes, likely someone hiding in the background, were probably stepped on. I have tried educating, but all in all, its best to keep quiet, do whatever, and tried to get paid.