jam@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jonathan Marshall) (08/29/89)
My wife works for a small legal mediation firm that would like to install an EASY-TO-USE database system on their local network of 4 IBM XT/AT machines. She is seeking advice on which package they should buy. The system would be used to keep track of case information, including names, addresses, phone numbers, scheduling dates, and accounting. A calendar feature that hooks up to the system clock would be nice too. Price is not a big issue. She has heard of Paradox, which has been recommended favorably, and of DBase, which has been described as too difficult for non-programmers to use. The software will be used solely by non-programmers including 2 lawyers, so it must be especially easy to use. She would appreciate any advice net-readers could give her on which software to buy. You may reply to me via e-mail, and I will pass your message on to her. Thanks a lot! --Jonathan Marshall mv10801@uc.msc.umn.edu Center for Research in Learning, Perception, and Cognition 205 Elliott Hall, University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455