Require bespoke software programme written for me.
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Can someone point me in the direction of companies that will specifically write or develop SOFTWARE to my spec?
I require a mathematically-based risk assesment model written for one of my businesses. I suppose it's something that someone half-decent could do on Excel but the key thing is that I it needs to to look like our own proprietary software (that we've developed ourselves. An Excel sheet, no matter how complex will not cut it (not from a functionality point of view but it's too "home-made."
If you can personally help - do drop me an email at manu@scuderiasystems.com - cheers Manu.
I require a mathematically-based risk assesment model written for one of my businesses. I suppose it's something that someone half-decent could do on Excel but the key thing is that I it needs to to look like our own proprietary software (that we've developed ourselves. An Excel sheet, no matter how complex will not cut it (not from a functionality point of view but it's too "home-made."
If you can personally help - do drop me an email at manu@scuderiasystems.com - cheers Manu.
Most of the major microsoft languages nowadays are form based.
You would be surprised how close you can get to a complete professional looking solution programmed in C#, or even dumbing down to VB in very little time.
Obviously its going to be in your interests to be able to support it without having to go out house.
So why not post more details of what you want here and lets see how close we can get you to doing what you want.
You would be surprised how close you can get to a complete professional looking solution programmed in C#, or even dumbing down to VB in very little time.
Obviously its going to be in your interests to be able to support it without having to go out house.
So why not post more details of what you want here and lets see how close we can get you to doing what you want.
Julian64 said:
Most of the major microsoft languages nowadays are form based.
You would be surprised how close you can get to a complete professional looking solution programmed in C#, or even dumbing down to VB in very little time.
Obviously its going to be in your interests to be able to support it without having to go out house.
So why not post more details of what you want here and lets see how close we can get you to doing what you want.
You would be surprised how close you can get to a complete professional looking solution programmed in C#, or even dumbing down to VB in very little time.
Obviously its going to be in your interests to be able to support it without having to go out house.
So why not post more details of what you want here and lets see how close we can get you to doing what you want.
Most "professional" solutions are written in the Microsoft languages! I know we use 'em!
Don said:
Julian64 said:
Most of the major microsoft languages nowadays are form based.
You would be surprised how close you can get to a complete professional looking solution programmed in C#, or even dumbing down to VB in very little time.
Obviously its going to be in your interests to be able to support it without having to go out house.
So why not post more details of what you want here and lets see how close we can get you to doing what you want.
You would be surprised how close you can get to a complete professional looking solution programmed in C#, or even dumbing down to VB in very little time.
Obviously its going to be in your interests to be able to support it without having to go out house.
So why not post more details of what you want here and lets see how close we can get you to doing what you want.
Most "professional" solutions are written in the Microsoft languages! I know we use 'em!
Didn't say you didn't. Not really sure of your point?
Julian64 said:
Don said:
Julian64 said:
Most of the major microsoft languages nowadays are form based.
You would be surprised how close you can get to a complete professional looking solution programmed in C#, or even dumbing down to VB in very little time.
Obviously its going to be in your interests to be able to support it without having to go out house.
So why not post more details of what you want here and lets see how close we can get you to doing what you want.
You would be surprised how close you can get to a complete professional looking solution programmed in C#, or even dumbing down to VB in very little time.
Obviously its going to be in your interests to be able to support it without having to go out house.
So why not post more details of what you want here and lets see how close we can get you to doing what you want.
Most "professional" solutions are written in the Microsoft languages! I know we use 'em!
Didn't say you didn't. Not really sure of your point?
You just mentioned that one could get "close" to a "professional" solution using C#. My contention is that you can get more than just "close". You can get a proper professional solution using such tools. And also that most pro-software these days is written for Microsoft compilers. That was my only point!
Don said:
Julian64 said:
Don said:
Julian64 said:
Most of the major microsoft languages nowadays are form based.
You would be surprised how close you can get to a complete professional looking solution programmed in C#, or even dumbing down to VB in very little time.
Obviously its going to be in your interests to be able to support it without having to go out house.
So why not post more details of what you want here and lets see how close we can get you to doing what you want.
You would be surprised how close you can get to a complete professional looking solution programmed in C#, or even dumbing down to VB in very little time.
Obviously its going to be in your interests to be able to support it without having to go out house.
So why not post more details of what you want here and lets see how close we can get you to doing what you want.
Most "professional" solutions are written in the Microsoft languages! I know we use 'em!
Didn't say you didn't. Not really sure of your point?
You just mentioned that one could get "close" to a "professional" solution using C#. My contention is that you can get more than just "close". You can get a proper professional solution using such tools. And also that most pro-software these days is written for Microsoft compilers. That was my only point!
Then with respect you misunderstood. The comments were not aimed at you, but the original poster. It made the assumption from what was posted that the poster has a foothold in excel but not programming languages.
I fully realise that professional software is written with these tools. However I was trying to point out to the first poster that these suites have the ability to at least start the design process with visual building blocks based on a form approach which someone with excel experience, (at least the VBA side) could at least start.
If we are talking about a single form excel calculation (which he already has) with a 'calculate' button and a personalised logo then assuming he sent the calculation/layout and logo, I rekon we could have coded it for him then and there. Especially as I'm currently sitting in front of one of these suites.
I'm sorry if I misunderstood and he is looking for a big project or an impressive company.
Julian64 said:
Don said:
Julian64 said:
Don said:
Julian64 said:
Most of the major microsoft languages nowadays are form based.
You would be surprised how close you can get to a complete professional looking solution programmed in C#, or even dumbing down to VB in very little time.
Obviously its going to be in your interests to be able to support it without having to go out house.
So why not post more details of what you want here and lets see how close we can get you to doing what you want.
You would be surprised how close you can get to a complete professional looking solution programmed in C#, or even dumbing down to VB in very little time.
Obviously its going to be in your interests to be able to support it without having to go out house.
So why not post more details of what you want here and lets see how close we can get you to doing what you want.
Most "professional" solutions are written in the Microsoft languages! I know we use 'em!
Didn't say you didn't. Not really sure of your point?
You just mentioned that one could get "close" to a "professional" solution using C#. My contention is that you can get more than just "close". You can get a proper professional solution using such tools. And also that most pro-software these days is written for Microsoft compilers. That was my only point!
Then with respect you misunderstood. The comments were not aimed at you, but the original poster. It made the assumption from what was posted that the poster has a foothold in excel but not programming languages.
I fully realise that professional software is written with these tools. However I was trying to point out to the first poster that these suites have the ability to at least start the design process with visual building blocks based on a form approach which someone with excel experience, (at least the VBA side) could at least start.
If we are talking about a single form excel calculation (which he already has) with a 'calculate' button and a personalised logo then assuming he sent the calculation/layout and logo, I rekon we could have coded it for him then and there. Especially as I'm currently sitting in front of one of these suites.
I'm sorry if I misunderstood and he is looking for a big project or an impressive company.
I think we both failed to understand one another there. My point was that C# etc isn't second best - its the real stuff and anything you do in it is as good as anything else - "pro" or otherwise. As to whether or not a solution is codable in a few minutes - well maybe!
I could do this, or just about any software dev.
Depends on what you want though, web enableed, storing the data in a database for recall etc? Or just plain windows desktop stand alone app that doesnt record data, just calculates & gives (or prints) a result. Also a lot depends on users, internal/external, skilled/knowledgable or the unwashed etc.
Depends on what you want though, web enableed, storing the data in a database for recall etc? Or just plain windows desktop stand alone app that doesnt record data, just calculates & gives (or prints) a result. Also a lot depends on users, internal/external, skilled/knowledgable or the unwashed etc.
My apologies about the delayed reply but having spoken to the other chaps involved, now have a better idea of what is required. I'm not able to go into specifics on the internet but will need:
A stand alone application with a GUI that "operates" a mathematical model with multiple variables (fields (?) where we input the specific data for a given "scenario" ) and the qualitative AND quantitative output is generated according to (user adjustable) sensitivities (which are mathematical co-efficients and functions).
Beyond this, the application may be required to:
A) act as a database to store these different "scenarios"/cases
B) monitor these cases
Finally a cut down version may be required for our internet portal.
I have received a number of emails and I will be replying to all and promise not to waste anyones time. Thank you all so much for your input so far.
A stand alone application with a GUI that "operates" a mathematical model with multiple variables (fields (?) where we input the specific data for a given "scenario" ) and the qualitative AND quantitative output is generated according to (user adjustable) sensitivities (which are mathematical co-efficients and functions).
Beyond this, the application may be required to:
A) act as a database to store these different "scenarios"/cases
B) monitor these cases
Finally a cut down version may be required for our internet portal.
I have received a number of emails and I will be replying to all and promise not to waste anyones time. Thank you all so much for your input so far.
Edited by manu on Monday 15th January 23:14
Hi Manu
My company, Cantarus can develop, test and implement this kind of software to your specification.
You'll find many software houses specialist in a specific language, or small subset of languages such as the Microsoft .NET family. We are unusual in that we have assembler, C/Cplusplus, Java, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET and C#.NET in-house and can hence deliver on the most appropriate platform, not just the one we happen to be skilled in.
Personally, I was technical team lead on a major project for the De Beers Diamond Trading Company which delivered a complex mathematical optimisation for global diamond sale prices and have a Class 1 MEng in Mechanical Engineering giving me a strong mathematical backgound.
I'll drop you an email with my contact details and would be interested in quoting for this work - we are one of the most recommended companies on PH (with only Serverstream/Register1.net who host PH having more recommendations as far as I'm aware).
Thanks,
Lee.
My company, Cantarus can develop, test and implement this kind of software to your specification.
You'll find many software houses specialist in a specific language, or small subset of languages such as the Microsoft .NET family. We are unusual in that we have assembler, C/Cplusplus, Java, Visual Basic, Visual Basic .NET and C#.NET in-house and can hence deliver on the most appropriate platform, not just the one we happen to be skilled in.
Personally, I was technical team lead on a major project for the De Beers Diamond Trading Company which delivered a complex mathematical optimisation for global diamond sale prices and have a Class 1 MEng in Mechanical Engineering giving me a strong mathematical backgound.
I'll drop you an email with my contact details and would be interested in quoting for this work - we are one of the most recommended companies on PH (with only Serverstream/Register1.net who host PH having more recommendations as far as I'm aware).
Thanks,
Lee.
Zad said:
Jeez, it used to be so easy to hack this sort of thing together in 10 minutes on BBC Basic. 20 minutes if you wanted it to look half decent. Even text based C didn't take much longer. 
At least with BBC Basic you could switch to assembley language easily since it had a very powerful assembler built in to the BASIC ROM.
The 6502 had an excellent instruction set as well! onomatopoeia said:
Zad said:
Jeez, it used to be so easy to hack this sort of thing together in 10 minutes on BBC Basic. 20 minutes if you wanted it to look half decent. Even text based C didn't take much longer.
At least with BBC Basic you could switch to assembley language easily since it had a very powerful assembler built in to the BASIC ROM.
The 6502 had an excellent instruction set as well! Ah yes, the days of 6502 assembler!
I remember writing an on-the-fly file system encryption program that ran trasnparently in the background in 6502 assembler on the BBC back in high school. It was way ahead of its time (even encrypted the file catalogue!) and now I look at PGPDisk and all the other on-the-fly disk encryption programs out there and think what a missed opportunity to make some cash. roadsweeper said:
onomatopoeia said:
Zad said:
Jeez, it used to be so easy to hack this sort of thing together in 10 minutes on BBC Basic. 20 minutes if you wanted it to look half decent. Even text based C didn't take much longer.
At least with BBC Basic you could switch to assembley language easily since it had a very powerful assembler built in to the BASIC ROM.
The 6502 had an excellent instruction set as well! Ah yes, the days of 6502 assembler!
I remember writing an on-the-fly file system encryption program that ran trasnparently in the background in 6502 assembler on the BBC back in high school. It was way ahead of its time (even encrypted the file catalogue!) and now I look at PGPDisk and all the other on-the-fly disk encryption programs out there and think what a missed opportunity to make some cash. We have gone so far off topic its untrue.
Oh. 6502 Assembler - first chip I wrote low level code for on the Commodore 64. Great fun writing games crackers and loaders so I could store my library on 5.25 floppy disks instead of cassette tape. I remember then needing to write some low level stuff for a commercial system for a Z80. (Ten users up on a multi-user computer with one Z80 powering it). I was disgusted at the instruction set...
Haven't needed to dip down that low in a decade or more. Last time I did the C compiler I was using could just start an assembler block.
Don said:
roadsweeper said:
onomatopoeia said:
Zad said:
Jeez, it used to be so easy to hack this sort of thing together in 10 minutes on BBC Basic. 20 minutes if you wanted it to look half decent. Even text based C didn't take much longer.
At least with BBC Basic you could switch to assembley language easily since it had a very powerful assembler built in to the BASIC ROM.
The 6502 had an excellent instruction set as well! Ah yes, the days of 6502 assembler!
I remember writing an on-the-fly file system encryption program that ran trasnparently in the background in 6502 assembler on the BBC back in high school. It was way ahead of its time (even encrypted the file catalogue!) and now I look at PGPDisk and all the other on-the-fly disk encryption programs out there and think what a missed opportunity to make some cash. We have gone so far off topic its untrue.
Oh. 6502 Assembler - first chip I wrote low level code for on the Commodore 64. Great fun writing games crackers and loaders so I could store my library on 5.25 floppy disks instead of cassette tape. I remember then needing to write some low level stuff for a commercial system for a Z80. (Ten users up on a multi-user computer with one Z80 powering it). I was disgusted at the instruction set...
Haven't needed to dip down that low in a decade or more. Last time I did the C compiler I was using could just start an assembler block.
Quite, I was very surprised a poster earier offered assembly language on his firms portfolio. Apart from the knowledge required, I would have thought it almost impossible to program in assembler code and continue to keep a project financially viable.
I'm afraid the 6502 was a fair time after I got started. It was one of those new fangled things, I think I met it first in a PET computer with a tapedeck in the keyboard. Actually still have one of them in the loft with a whopping 4K of memory (wonder what its worth now). I was on a hewlet packard that only had a readout in ticker tape. Looked like a cash register. My first ever project was to make it talk to a PDP-II and Dec Rainbow. Now the dec Rainbow was a rolls royce of a computer.
(Sorry it was a pig, but age has a way of rose tinting your memory.)Don said:
We have gone so far off topic its untrue.
Do you remember INPUT magazine for the BBC? They had an article in there one month on how to protect your BASIC code from being accessed as back then you just loaded the source code into memory before running it and could hence read it at your leisure. I remember them saying something like, "This will protect your code from all but the most expert hackers" or something like that, so I was overjoyed when I cracked it! (I was only 13 at the time so it seemed like a big deal!
) Edited by roadsweeper on Tuesday 16th January 15:44
Julian64 said:
Quite, I was very surprised a poster earier offered assembly language on his firms portfolio. Apart from the knowledge required, I would have thought it almost impossible to program in assembler code and continue to keep a project financially viable.
That was me.
It's a very specialist area as you say and very rarely necessary. We'd tend to write only absolutely performance-critical small sections of code in Assembler and use as a library called by the main application (written in a more 'productive' language) but even this is increasingly rare and very expensive. C/Cplusplus is usually fine for this type of thing and where, say, an application is required in Java we'd write any performance-critical elements in Cplusplus if possible (e.g. by running a dedicated optimisation server on a specific platform). Gassing Station | Computers, Gadgets & Stuff | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff