Doug Steele
dbdoug at gmail.com
Tue Sep 9 10:51:36 CDT 2008
I'm currently developing an 'auto-installer' for one of my clients, based on some of the ideas I've gleaned from this list. It will automatically copy over new versions of FE databases from a folder on the server as needed. The client didn't exactly request that I built this, but I decided to try it based on comments from him (I have lots of leeway about new features), and I know he'll be happy to pay for the development time (approx 2-3 hours) when he finds he no longer has to fuss with copying new versions over his network. This feature will be useful for my other clients with the same kind of setup, and I will incorporate it into updated versions as I create them. I'm interested to find out how others charge for this kind of development work. Once the code is tested, it will be 10 minutes work to insert it into an existing FE; do you charge the development client 3 hours and everyone else 10 minutes? Split the development time between all the clients who can use it? Charge everyone 3 hours? Thanks, Doug Steele