A long-time government project, based on 4D was poised for a re-write (well, the client requested that we re-write the database since it was poorly designed originally). Finally, the budget became available to re-write the database, yet other vendors were bidding on the project. In the end, the guy that was providing the hardware, and that was also an attorney (with no development experience that I know of) won the approval of the board of directors (none of which have any technical experience, they were all lawyers) to rewrite the database using LexisNexis Time Matters. After losing the project, I did a bit of research and it seems that Time Matters is a not a good fit for them… the Department Director that I’ve had a long-term and great working relationship with over the years said that the decision was made because the lawyers were choosing other lawyers and that 4D was excluded because it was simply not LexisNexis… The director is concerned and will keep all of the old computers in place and is planning to decide if the plug can be pulled on this at the 60-day mark… Anyway, I’ve never had to compete against LexisNexis anything—have you had a situation like this…? Any technical short-comings of Time Matters that you know about…? I’m actually expecting the project to come back to me. I’ve seen several companies try to replace 4D that failed miserably. I know you can’t win them all…
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