Re: Comparable program to ACT! -- ACT! is generic overload ...

["Stephen D. Reindl" <sreindl@apci.net>]

On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 03:15, Bryan J. Smith wrote:

> There are three things you should know about ACT!:
> 
>  1)  It's _very_fat_.
> 
> If you are going to use it for more than a dozen users, you're asking
> for trouble.  

1 user, me.

>  2)  It is "generic" and not very customizable
> 
> This is the kicker.  ACT! is very _poor_ for many businesses.  

It is the Contact management software of choice for the real estate
industry. Some agents use a real estate specific program, but to get the
basics and a few add-ons you're in the range of $1000. I can upgrade my
version 2.11 ACT! to version 6 for $129.

>  3)  Training is required for it to work in your business
 
I hate to RTFM. I don't think in a 1 user environment any of these
issues need to be addressed. I don't consider web based CRM to be
viable. Most of my work is done in a vehicle, with a mobile phone and a
laptop. 

I probably should have been clearer here. I'm going to use ACT! unless
someone can point me to similar open source application for Linux.

Thanks for the heads up though

Steve


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