Time & Chaos isn't shareware. You can try a fully functional copy free but it costs $45 after a month or so... I would be more than happy to help if anyone gives it a try. I don't think I'm going back to DOS anytime soon...;-] I did have a great "relational" database in DOS for a few years... David I. ----- Original message ----------------------------------------> From: Don <pianotuna@accesscomm.ca> To: Pianotech <pianotech@ptg.org> Received: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:13:04 Subject: Re: Intuit's Customer Manager review >Hi, >There are problems with RAM based database technology. One is that the >entire data set must be loaded into RAM before the client can be used. As >the number of records increases things like search time do tend to >increase. I believe it is by the cube of the number of records--but that >may be inaccurate. Another is our old friend the power company. If you use >RAM based technology then save frequently to disk. >I use an old dos disk based shareware "flat file" database called "File >Express". It is very user friendly and menu driven so the learning curve is >extremely short. >A few others on the list have used "Time and Chaos" which is a shareware >user customizible PIM. Perhaps if a request for a "template" would be in >order. >What ever database is used perhaps the single most important question to be >asnwered is "Is the data easily exported". If not--and a couple of years >down the road the software becomes unavailable then you would be stuck "re >entering" all your data. That's a nightmare job. >I've been paperless for several years now, but I do back up my data on >three separate computers. Some firms also offer "online" storage. It is >prudent to use them. >At 09:37 PM 12/10/2003 -0500, you wrote: >>At 4:42 PM -0500 12/10/03, Greg Newell wrote: >>>Overall it seems that Intuit is simply out for more revenue on this >>>one. I believe that Quickbooks itself will do almost everything that >>>this offering does already. I thought that this offering would be >>>the cat's meow for this tuner but I think I'll be shying away from >>>this one. I'll let you know if my opinion changes. For now at least, >>>I'm glad it was a free trial. >> >>If you know exactly what you want your dream Piano Tuners Business >>Software to do, you might get yourself a good database, and build it >>yourself. I've done that with the RAM-based Panorama (win/mac) >>http://www.provue.com/. >> >>Mr. Bill >> >>"No, Please wait, you're all individuals" Brain Cohen, exasperated >>"Yes, we're all individuals" the throng assembled in the street >> below his window, in unison >>"I'm not..." Lone dissenter. >> ...........Monty Python's "Life of Brian" >>+++++++++++++++++++++ >>_______________________________________________ >>pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives >> >> >Regards, >Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. >mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca >http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/ >3004 Grant Rd. >REGINA, SK >S4S 5G7 >306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner >_______________________________________________ >pianotech list info: https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives
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