Well obviously you need to offer John a fat contract to do this for you.

Bob

>I don't think so. We have over 500,000 lines of code in prgs and classes and loads of subtle features in the grids and business logic. Also a dynamic database where the user can add fields and they show up in the grids seamlessly along with calculations and other logic attached to the field, our own database replication process, and other such stuff. It is loaded with abstract code that runs off of macro expansion. It would take someone months to just get up to speed and the kids tried it without our help.
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>I am no guru, but have a few years of C# and I could not do it and I have been working on this app for 10 years. Not trying trying to be smart but this is not some 5 table web app that was written in 5 months and it would take a team of skilled persons 18 month minimum to do it and get it close.