Re: Informal Poll: Access v. Other Programs
- From: "David W. Fenton" <XXXusenet@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 17:28:19 -0500
"(PeteCresswell)" <x@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:apmo9258hugnainuvkan3beg76fc4bv2jg@xxxxxxx:
From what you've said so far, I'd think you are looking for an
off-the-shelf canned application.
I don't actually *know* anything.... but document
storage/retrieval sounds to me like one of those bread-and-butter
applications like payroll, accounting, and so-forth that many
vendors have developed products for..... i.e. a situation where
you can find pre-made products that will do 80% of what you want
for five percent of the cost of developing your own.
Hmm, in this field, I don't think the cost is going to be quite so
low in comparison to custom development.
I would say it's more like 80% of what you want, plus 400% of what
you don't need for 25% the long-term cost (including the usual
subscriptions to such canned software products, which is often the
case with apps targeted at a specific industry) of a custom project.
In my experience, clients would rather pay $20K for a custom app
that is tailored to their needs that $5K up front plus $1K/year
subscription fees indefinitely for an app that is only an 80% fit.
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