User Base Growth/Lack there of

[Kevin Mummau]

I have used Filepro with our family business since the 80's when we first
got Profile on a Model 8 Tandy with 8" floppys. i was in middle school at
the time. I learned Filepro and have made many programs for our family. We
sold the main business and moved into our roots, Farming we had dairy cows
and now just a couple hundred sheep, along with 45 apartments.
My area of Pa has alot of Sects of Mennoite and Amish. I deal with these
folks and have been talking to those with businesses about computers. They
are not allowed to have computers with their businesss. Well some have told
me they see the value in them but the internet is too close. Well I believe
we have an untapped market in this field. I plan to show them Filepro in a
basic screen design doing amazing things. I want to show them a little
about programming it with Rapid developing and see if they find uses for
it. I believe that for "today" this market could be opened since it can
avoid any signs of being on the internet yet do amazing things.
One individual asked me to help with creating a mailing list to take to
Staples for a mailing. He then produced a mini rolodex device he was
storing information. I got the needed cable and pulled the data off the
unit. Upon looking at the data it was not entered correctly. The name field
had names, sometimes phone numbers, addresses anywhow it was a whole pile
of spaghetti. I printed it out took it too him and explained farming 101 to
him. this is a soybean field, this is a Corn field and only those crops can
go to there. He then got that, then I explained name, fields, addresees,
phone etc... They seem to be opening to the idea.
Kevin
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