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I'm trying to make business apps and legal practice management apps. Most of them don't exist as open source projects or free software. I'd like to see someone

• jabv 11y ago
  Could you give some examples of the closed-source apps you're looking to compete against? So much work in most businesses is done in Office (incl. Outlook and Access, maybe Project), but obviously decent FOSS alternatives already exist for those apps.
  • orionblastar 11y ago
    I can't copy their UI or their database. But there was an app called CMSOpen and was bought out and called Solution Six. I can't find their website and the company has been bought and sold many times. I don't know what it is called now, but a lot of law firms used it and it was designed by accountants. I worked for a law firm and we modified the database so it was faster and worked better. I wrote some ASP web apps to use their database and I think the law firm licensed them. I got too sick to work in 2001 and was fired. But I have 4 and a half years of knowledge of working on such an app. The problem is that it uses Office and MS-SQL Server, and even needs Sharepoint server. It is so tied to Windows and Microsoft technology that it costs a lot to use and smaller law firms cannot afford it. But the main thing with any law firm is billing time to a client and matter number on a timesheet and searching for database records based on client name and number and matter name and number. As well as billing attorney and other stuff.