Married with 5 children (and grandchildren)
BSc Degree Canterbury. 1962 Chemistry and Mathematics
Retired in 2000 after 24 years in the Funeral Industry
Started programming Apple computers 1980
Programmed and sold a genealogical and an accounting programme in early 1980s
Commissioned a funeral home accounting package to be written in a multi-platform language in mid 1980s
Running on Apples, this was developed, modified and improved over the ensuing years.
Upon retirement had FreeDAM running on both PCs and Macs. for the initial availability to other firms.
Now (Feb 2006), some 6 years later, after an intensive 15 months of effort in 2004/2005, FreeDAM is completely rewritten and 'future proofed'; being now presented in Omnis Studio 4 in an enlarged screen resolution of 1124x768 being especially suitable for 17inch screens and larger.
tony@freedomsoftware.co.nz