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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 A

• 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.