If you understand the business, you certainly don't need software to evaluate the deal.

I remember when they first started that program (when I signed up it was unlimited) I was worried I would be over but never have been.Also – I never use the account to fax from – so I do not have the .10 per page outgoing fee – I have an all-in-one machine and I just fax from it – or from the PC using free software.I am used to it – that is for sure – but for me there are advantages over a traditional fax machine – heck – I have an all-in-one so I have a fax sitting right here – but I love that it goes to my email and I can get faxes while I am on the road. 50% of the faxes I get do not have to be printed out so I save lots of paper and ink…and I like not having to scan things in – I just file with the rest of the doc’s for that project and it is all in one place.So – it is more then just routine for me – I actually really like the features that come with internet fax – I am not saying efax has or does anything special – I can select to get my fax in either .pdf or .efx (efax’s own software) and I get it in .pdf.I have even faxed things to myself to get a paper doc into .pdf (before I had software that would do it)…It does take about 5 min. for the fax to show up – some people call and say they faxed something and call to check and they don’t get why I don’t have it the second they faxed it.

Tony -Wikipedia has a pretty good writeup of the software release life cycle, which spells out how Alpha, Beta, etc. works as far as software is concerned.When we emerge out of our Beta mode, we will do so with the confidence that all major bugs have been righted, and that the platform is stable.

PM me if you like.Norm - I use some proprietary software that finds my leads.

I develop computer based training, demos and software simulations.

Hello AllMy name is Steven and I'm located in Toronto, Ontario.I'm a freelance software engineer with 20 years of experience in designing and developing enterprise level applications in a variety of industries which has included, development of a loan origination platform that has funded almost a half billion dollars worth of loans.

Should I just create my own accounting software?

I put a nominal value on my time at $15 an hour (this is what I make as a software tech support agent).

I'm a strong believer in proof, so here you go :-)Just took a snapshot of my monitoring software (I use usaa.com credit monitoring) It can only display a year from the current date, and I last updated it on Tuesday.

Again, you don't have to 1099 amounts until the total paid out to any single entity exceeds $599 in a tax year.So you hire that guy for that amount once a year, and you don't have to issue a 1099; hire him a second time in the same year for that amount, and you will have to issue a 1099.My guess is that you don't issue any 1099s yet, but if you had been doing so already, I'd suggest the pain of doing so can be minimized with some bookeeping software.