[THIN] Re: OT: Anyone using ACT! in Citrix or otherwise?
- From: "Nick Smith" <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:05:24 +0100
Just to add that recent Goldmine is a doddle in a TS environement. The
migration from a version that old will be a little tricky (I think
you'll need to upgrade teh data to v.5 then to current), but nothing
very scary.
Nick
-----Original Message-----
From: Christopher Wilson [mailto:christofire@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 October 2005 17:16
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Anyone using ACT! in Citrix or
otherwise?
The Goldmine install we have is a sweet Nostalgia inducing
setup: Goldmine v3 for Win95 with a Novell 3.11 backend hosting a
Btrieve database. I don't know who sold them on ACT!, but they do have
some migration tools. I expect Goldmine would have a migration path as
well.
Looking at the Goldmine website (www.frontrange.com) it appears
to integrate with better than ACT!
Have had to deal with BestSoftware (now Sage) when supporting
their FAS product, and it was no picnic.
Anyone else have any Goldmine endorsements?
Anyone tried MS CRM?
Thanks,
CW
On 10/19/05, Nick Smith <nick@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
If you've already got Goldmine running, then MHO is
you'd be mad to move to Act. Severely backwards step in terms of
functionality, performances, stability and security. ACT does, however,
win in terms of ease of use. We've ot used 2005 at any size, but the
previous version slowed to an absolute crawl at one client with
something like 4,000 records - which Goldmine handles easily.
Great for single user, OK for small (<5) workgroups,
otherwise run a mile.
Nick
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From: Evan Mann [mailto:emann@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: 19 October 2005 15:53
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: OT: Anyone using ACT! in Citrix or
otherwise?
I don't run it on Citrix, but I know this... ACT! 2005
moved to using MSDE for it's DB. It uses a .PAD on the local machines
file that then references the database. You can use a central server
with MSDE (or SQL I believe) for the database and modify the PAD files
appropriately.
What this means is that it installs MSDE on every
computer it is installed. Even if you have a central server for the
database there is no way to tell it to NOT install MSDE. What I have
not tried is disabling the MSDE services on client machines with no
actual DB and seeing if ACT still works There is no uninstall for MSDE
in add/remove programs since it's installed as part of ACT.
ACT is gotten considerably worse from an IT standpoint
over the years. I see that ACT 2006 is out, maybe it's better, but I'm
extremely doubtful. I say avoid at all costs.
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> ] On Behalf
Of Christopher Wilson
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2005 10:50 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] OT: Anyone using ACT! in Citrix or
otherwise?
Howdy, List.
I am looking for some real world feedback on ACT! 2005.
We are looking to replace an installation of Goldmine at a single
location, ACT! is the proposed solution (actually we already own it). I
have heard negative feedback about this app running client/server on
PC's. If this is to be deployed to multiple sites it is likely to be
done with Citrix or with their web client. Do you have any feedback
about this product good or bad?
Thanks,
Christopher
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