On Wed, Oct 05, 2005 at 06:19:39PM -0700, Uwe C. Schroeder wrote:
> If any of my customers would ask me if they should buy a system where they
> can't access THEIR data in any other way than using the software that comes
> with the deal I'd tell them to back off. Most customers on the planet are
> not interested in your software - they make money from THEIR DATA.
This is the bit that's been bugging me this whole thread. Who owns the
data? I've had to help people out with programs where they could type
data in but couldn't get the reports they wanted out. Furtunatly,
Access's access control is, uh, simplistic and I created the reports
they needed.
If someone tried to sell me a system where I couldn't even get in table
format the raw info I had entered, I'd tell them to go away. Like you
say, the data is way more important that whatever program you're using.
--
Martijn van Oosterhout <kleptog@svana.org> http://svana.org/kleptog/
> Patent. n. Genius is 5% inspiration and 95% perspiration. A patent is a
> tool for doing 5% of the work and then sitting around waiting for someone
> else to do the other 95% so you can sue them.