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From: jam@bu-cs.BU.EDU (Jonathan Marshall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.misc,comp.databases
Subject: Easy-To-Use database software for IBM PC ?
Summary: we want suggestions
Keywords: database ibm pc easy-to-use
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Date: 28 Aug 89 21:32:10 GMT
Reply-To: mv10801@uc.msc.umn.edu (Jonathan Marshall)
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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