Re: Call for opinions

Dale E. Reed Jr. (daler@iea.com)
Thu, 28 Mar 1996 18:46:04 -0800

> I've been thinking about Radius problems recently,
> and how it would sure be swell to have a Radius
> server be connected to a relational database.
> You know, keep all the user-file stuff in there,
> and put the accounting records in there. You could
> have real applications to add and change users, and
> run easy reports against the accounting data!
> (Goodness! just like a _real business_!)

Wow. That would be TOO useful. :)

> But! Before I quit my day-job and head to the
> Small Business Administration for a $$-injection
> to build this gem I need to do some market
> research.

Gem = Emerald.

> Do you think anyone would buy it?
> I could probably build something and sell it
> for, oh, maybe a couple thousand
> (with the relational database parts included (?)).

Its already built. See www.iea.com/~daler for Links
to Emerald and RadiusNT. Its built around MS SQL
server and does lots of this. Since I have already
gotten into trouble about posting info, please see
the above page for more info.

> Maybe somebody out there is already on top
> of this one. If you are, let me know,
> I might be interested in buying a copy.

http://www.iea.com/~daler/nt/emerald

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 Dale E. Reed Jr.  (daler@iea.com)
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