Just to let you know, I have an excellent one my sister designed, BUT every system has to be continuously updated to fit with changing operating systems as computers are upgraded. THAT is what the problem is with programming and why it is so expensive and why webmasters are necessary. With new HIPPA laws and privacy laws, your system must comply with these laws also, so must be secure. THAT is why they want so much to design it in the first place. My son is currently in 3rd year college and is working on this. I am hoping to get him to take a look at this for us as a profession. Mine currently accommodates diagnoses that are lactation related, supplies and products, consultations, pumps and billing. I want to add email and form letter merging to it. BUT this is NOT easy at all. IF I can get his help (HEY, he was breastfed 3.5 years and owes his mama something!) I will let you know. It takes a log of work to develop this. He is currently being paid $600 a week to work for a firm doing their WebPages in a part-time capacity while he takes 21 hours at college, so I hate to demand too much from him. -----Original Message----- From: Lactation Information and Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Linda Anderegg Sent: Friday, March 14, 2008 9:14 AM Subject: computer software Why is it that with all the varied backgrounds on this list, none of us, or one of our equally brilliant spouses, has yet designed computer software for LCs that is affordable and suits our needs? I know of only one software program and it did not fit our needs. It seems like everyone has had to design something themselves to fit their own needs and none of us are happy with it. Where are all the brilliant software engineers on or related to this list, and how can we get them to design something we can use and afford? It should not be complicated or cost $10-40,000 US dollars!!! Linda Anderegg, RNC, BSN, IBCLC in Chicago <<Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 18:40:40 -0700 From: Kathleen Huggins <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Pump Rental Management Software Hello! I am searching for computer software that manages pump rentals. We will be meeting with a couple of software engineers tomorrow who have estimated that this will be a VERY expensive, a two to three month endeavor costing $10-40,000. Hoping that we don't need to re-invent the wheel and can pay less to someone who can share their systems with us for less money, even if it needs to be modified. Anyone can e-mail me off list. Thank you! -- Kathleen Huggins>> *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome