good show

[John Esak]

>
> Charles,
>
> The time and attendance that I viewed is something I would not be
> interested
> in nor would I want to sell. I would be interested in the
> boimetrics portion
> with a simple module that allows me to export information to a file when
> someone scans there finger. I only want to know the date and time they did
> that. I can easily take care of the rest with my filepro
> programming to use
> that info in my own time and attendance module that already
> exists. I don't
> want to be limited by some elses programming nor pay for bells
> and whistles
> that they think is important. I have to be the one to make that
> decision for
> my client. I don't want to lose the flexibility that I have. That is the
> beauty of filePro. Don't forget your origins and why you are what you are.
>
> As far as the biometric program is concerned that is fine. It does what I
> need to store the fingerprints and has everything that I need. That is a
> complete product in and of itself that I would not change. How I
> manipulate
> the use of the biometric program should be up to me. I want to control the
> integration with my filePro and not purchase a program where someone
> programmed what they think I needed.
>
> Dennis Malen
> 516.479.5912

I have to agree with you completely. Was the biometric scanning and filePro
processing commands addition to rcabe not available on their own??  I heard
a lot of variations in Lee's presentation... but I must have missed that
this was not an option. (My apologies to Lee alos, I probably snoozed off a
couple times during the show. I went to bed at 5am that morning and woke up
at 6:30am. Not a lot of sleep for a full day. I hope I didn't snore...
although I probably did. :-)  :-(  )

My other comment is that the fingerprinting hardware itself needs some
variation. Hopefully, we can tell Bud or someone at the Las Vegas SCO Forum
next week. The device they had at the Road Show is fine, but it does not
"look and feel" heavy duty enough. I believe it is the kind of thing that
should be a big heavy piec of equipment with bells and whistles... at least
sojmething that doesn't look like it can be ripped off and destroyed by a
vandal or disgruntled employee, student or whatever. The fact that it is
just a small USB unit makes it look very vulnerable.

Also, as a final commnet, I believe this system, the unit, the programming
the whole idea will fly much better as a "network" based affair for a full
multi-user arean. However, there are varying needs everywhere.

John