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From: juraschek@gmuvax.gmu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: alpha four & managing your money
Message-ID: <1991Jun6.101832.51396@gmuvax.gmu.edu>
Date: 6 Jun 91 15:18:31 GMT
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In article <3105@cod.NOSC.MIL>, medin@cod.nosc.mil (Ted Medin) writes:
> 
>  Got this add in the mail for these programs. Anyone got any feed back
> on alpha four the data base program or managing your money 
> the personal finance program?
> 73, ted
> n6trf

Alpha4 is outstanding!!! (Exponentiate those exclamations!)
It is completely compatible with DbaseIII files, but blows the socks
off DbaseIII.  It also includes, inherantly, such dBase add-ons as
clipper, various report managers and generators, indexers and such.
Furthermore, it allows fully relational inter-relations between data
bases.  For the current $99 trial offer, it can't be beat.

Also MYM is an outstanding home finance (can be used moderately for
business too) system.  The version 7 just released lacks a lot in 
user friendliness, but has expanded features dramatically.  (For example,
you can now have several years worth of data active at once - you don't need
to "close your books" at the end of a new year anymore.)  Versions up to
version 7 were pretty user friendly, and intuitive.   There has been much
outcry with the changes in V7 and complaints against the changes in 
presentation that came with V7.  As a result, I understand MECA Software
is re-evaluating V7 and considering an upgrade/re-release to keep the
extended enhancements V7 brought, but to return to (or allow the option of)
the pre-V7 user interface.  If so, it will make MYM V7(modified) unbeatable.

Interesting you should ask about this exact mix.  Right now, I'm trying to 
see if I can get MYM financial data into a Alpha4 database of medical 
records to battle a health insurance company for heretofore unpaid benefits
.  

Incidentally, the Alpha4 trial offer is NOT a crippled version.  It's the
full $650 production product.   Current MYM cost is about $150.  (For
Version 6, that is.  I don't think V7 is on the store shelves yet, and
probably won't be until the user interface problems are fixed.  V6 is 
still outstanding even without the V7 enhancements.)

Hope this is helpful.  I can enumerate off-line if you want more info.
-Dave