List Status Test.

[Richard Kreiss]

Many years ago I was working for a company selling a system to the Apparel Industry mostly in New York.  I called one company and spoke with the owner, a very nice lady who informed me that her son just graduated college with a degree in computer programming.  He knew her business and was going to write a program for her.

I told her I would call back in 3 or 4 months.

When I did call back she asked me to come in as her some had programmed beautiful screens but nothing "worked together" (Not a relational database).

After our meeting and a demo of the system, she asked me why her son couldn't do that.  My answer was simple and direct - "No real word programing experience."

I was able to sell her a working system that took less than a month to get up and running.  The longest time was getting the accounting system master files set up and training her employees.

No, I don't know what happened to her son.  I thing she fired him - eventually.

Richard Kreiss

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Filepro-list [mailto:filepro-list-
> bounces+rkreiss=verizon.net at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of John Hemmer via
> Filepro-list
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 6:47 PM
> To: Henry Melancon <hemelancon at gifinc.com>; filePro mailing list <filepro-
> list at lists.celestial.com>
> Subject: Re: List Status Test.
> 
> Henry
> 
> 
> I have experience on both.  You will be sorry.  ACCESS is cheap but it has no
> flexibility. Simple things like 'ALLUP' edit and the other editing commands do not
> exist in ACCESS, nor can you create them. Most of the reports you can easily
> generate using filePro will be extremely difficult or impossible using ACCESS.
> 
> 
> I have seen too many know nothing hotshots making promises and failing.
> 
> 
> I believe you and your company will be very, very, very sorry.
> 
> 
> John
> 
> 
> ________________________________
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> bounces+hemmerjohn=hotmail.com at lists.celestial.com> on behalf of Henry
> Melancon via Filepro-list <filepro-list at lists.celestial.com>
> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 10:00 AM
> To: filepro-list at lists.celestial.com
> Subject: RE: List Status Test.
> 
> I have been using FilePro for over 25 years now.  My company is planning on
> replacing it with  "Microsoft Access".  A young hot shot MS wannabe
> programmer is supposed to write the new system and replace FilePro in a couple
> of years.  We will see how that pans out....
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces+hemelancon=gifinc.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf Of Fairlight via
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> Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2017 8:52 AM
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> Subject: Re: List Status Test.
> 
> Okay, I can get behind that.  :)
> 
> m->
> 
> On Thu, May 11, 2017 at 01:48:08PM +0000, Henry Melancon via Filepro-list
> thus spoke:
> > It's always MS's fault!
> 
> --
> Audio panton, cogito singularis.
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