I agree. Thank you. M On Thu, Sep 17, 2015 at 8:19 AM, Wayne Fay <[email protected]> wrote:
> Perhaps there is an upgrade of your database user available? LOL > > But seriously, I would not build a new system today with a strict > requirement that it "be a simple transition with no major changes to > the UI or system overall to avoid confusing the 70+ y/o user." He is > simply going to have to learn this new system, just like he once > learned the old one. > > Wayne > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 6:00 PM, Michael L <[email protected]> > wrote: > > What app would allow us to design an arbitrary interface to look like > what > > we have on approach? I understand PHP to be a front end for mySQL. > "Maybe" > > our user would work with something more modern if we can make it look > like > > the old. > > > > I appreciate getting to ask these questions. > > Michael > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 15, 2015 at 1:13 PM, Wesley Duffee-Braun <[email protected]> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi Michael, > >> > >> It sounds like the database itself doesn't have to be synced anywhere, > >> there is just a need for remote client access. That's going to be tough > to > >> do with the policy of keeping the DB physically isolated :) So yes, that > >> security policy will probably have to go if the database user has the > pull > >> to force a remote access setup for their needs. > >> > >> When you say "database user who doesn't want to learn anything new" how > do > >> they access the db currently? Is there a UI for Approach that they use > >> currently, and is that what they want to access remotely? Setting up RDP > >> (the windows remote desktop protocol) over VPN is a solution if they > must > >> see the Windows XP desktop to use the database. Doing a Windows XP > instance > >> in the cloud so everyone can have easy remote access is possible - > cheapest > >> I could find was http://www.colossuscloud.com/pricing.phtml which > appears to > >> be at least $20/month. > >> > >> It sounds like a rock and a hard place, and unfortunately if your DB > user > >> is absolutely set on staying with Approach, then the option set isn't > very > >> wide. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:07 PM, Michael L <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> You're not rude. I know my questions probably seem like I'm a 4 yr. > old > >>> who doesn't know much besides 911 (but since I designed a database 17 > years > >>> ago I must know everything about IT). I often thought a CRM solution > would > >>> be something for us. One difficulty is we have a 72 yr old (baby) > database > >>> user who doesn't want to learn anything new and in 14 years hasn't > learned > >>> to properly use what we have and now wants access at a new location. > The > >>> Lotus Approach app isn't updated past WinXP. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On Sun, Sep 13, 2015 at 4:47 PM, Howard White <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Michael, > >>>> > >>>> I don't mean to be rude but I would think that the mailing label > >>>> function you describe would be available as a turnkey package. That > >>>> application has been solved many years and times over. Or let me > spin this > >>>> another way - do you need to expand functionality to use a tool like a > >>>> Customer Resource Management (CRM) package? There are several open > source > >>>> CRM tools (SugarCRM for instance) that might do multiple jobs for your > >>>> organization. > >>>> > >>>> At first blush, your request sounds like re-inventing the wheel. > >>>> > >>>> Howard > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 09/13/2015 04:04 AM, Michael L wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>> The database app runs a mailing list for DVD's. And I will say that > >>>>> our > >>>>> current (soon to be former?) security strategy is to leave the single > >>>>> machine completely off the internet. I guess that strategy will have > >>>>> to > >>>>> be abandoned now to connect to a VPN? I understand the 'V' in VPN to > >>>>> mean virtually private as opposed to actually private or virustually > >>>>> private if you have a virus on one of the machines. 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