1. you like data
2. you beleive in distributing data
3. you beleive in keeping data up to date
4. you beleive that computers should be used to provide information
5. you don't mind dead mice under your hardware
6. you don't really mind cables
7. you don't really beleive in paper apart from for program listings
8. you like tinkering
9. you like learning about real computers
10. you saw a book on access in a library then went out and spewed
11. you are intrigued by ibm
12. you beleive in common values of decency
13. you beleive in security
14. you like tinkering with a soldering iron
15. you like systems which are just a bunch of files that hop about
16. you can handle that
17. you feel safe with that
18. you really beleive it could help your business
19. you like files
20. lots of files
21. files are ok but they've got to be well structured
22. you can move to universe and you don't need so many files anymore
23. now and again you get to tinker with graphics but not too much
24. graphics can be interesting nobody has yet solved the problem of
the user interface
25. databases are well suited to database management
26. you keep thinking of rewriting autocad to get rich
27. you can get any implementation of it for nothing
28. it runs on anything ANYTHING
29. pick will run on a disk with a minimal amount of memory
30. it needs no memory at all that's the model
31. you can also have as much memory as you want you can put the whole
system into memory
32. you can probably get antique machines which will run your software
ok if you've structured it well enough
33. pick systems are not open to all you have to log into them
34. prototyping is picks main strength
35. it really does run on anything i could probably get it running on a
spectrum
36. its based on real database principles
37. it can look exactly how you want it to look
38. it supports multiple databases online
39. you can hack with it it's got real tools
40. you can program with c within the environment but you'll have to
know about interfacing
42. there are trial java implementations of it
43. its green screen it looks good in the dark