rg@psgdc (Dick Gill) (06/29/89)
Earlier this month I posted the following request for information about calendar software: | |Many our law firm clients have asked us to investigate |the availability of a high quality calendar system. Most of |these clients are now using NCR Towers (SysV.2) or IBM-RT's |(AIX 2.2?). | |Among the features desired are: | | - both personal and firm-wide calendars | - separate tracking of firm-wide obligations | - reporting by responsible person and manager | - meeting scheduling | - validation interface to other software (or | special files) for client, case, attorney, etc. | - ability to keep notes on the personal calendar | |The real need, however, is for a damn good calendar system that |has a track record; if it is being used successfully in law |firms, we have a home run. Within reason, PRICE IS NOT THE |OBJECT! We will be happy to discuss a dealer relationship with |the right vendor. | |Please e-mail; I will summarize for anyone interested. | |Thanks, | Here is my summary: My conclusion from the responses is that many others have seen the need for such a product, but have not found the "right" product or been motivated enought to do one themselves (believe me, I understand!). A couple of calendar products mentioned are part of office automation systems, and I am checking on their stand-alone availability. I wonder, however, if there might be room for a new stand-alone product? Hmm...time to get out the coding sheets? Thanks to all who responded. Specifically: William Walker (uunet!nswc-wo.arpa!wrwalke) suggested the Office Power product from CCI; good product but supported only on their hardware Lang Zerner (uunet!asylum.sf.ca.us!langz) suggested the calendar portion of ALIS (from Applix, Inc.); I'm checking whether the calendar function can be separated from the rest of the OA product. Larry Mullen (...mcdphx!sbo!larry) suggested Qdate from Quadratron Systems; as with ALIS, I'm checking how well it would work stand-alone. Thanks also to: Yunki Paik (paik@ati.tis.llnl.gov) Dave Mason (uunet!tmsoft!mason) Bridget Dobbins (uunet!unisoft!bridget) Bruce Reisman (uunet!att!mtfmi!bwr) I'll let you all know what we end up doing. Regards, Dick Gill uunet!psgdc!rg -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Dick Gill Professional Solutions Group (703)761-1163 ..uunet!psgdc!rg