History
2008 is the 20th anniversary of the Ahsomme Business
System! Read all about it:
8/8/88 - Version 1 of the business systems released. This
is the first integrated business software to support mouse,
menus, a complete graphic interface, X-Card coding,
user-enabled report making, and hyperlinks.
2/20/91 - Version 7 ships. Modules now support Retail and
Wholesale Sales; Services; Equipment, Party and Tent
Rental.
5/9/95 - Simple Solutions recommends retiring dot-matrix
printers, provides support for laser and ink jet printers.
8/9/98 - Simple Solutions completes porting of systems - to
new, faster, more powerful RISC architecture computers.
2/21/99 - First competing system with a graphic interface
ships. It lacks X-Card coding, user-enabled report making,
and hyperlinks of the 1988 Version 1.
7/8/99 - Modules are added to support manufacturing.
2/22/2 - Version 10 ships. This version is a complete
“ground up” rebuild of the systems. It incorporates
everything learned in the previous decade and a half, with
new code, a new interface, and more programs.
6/7/6 - Version 15 ships using the Version 10 interface,
with new report maker, new Data/Editor database
architecture, new list maker, and new programs (Payment
Applicator, Inventory Pricers, Transaction recaps, etc.)
Version 15 is OS X native, Intel native, and very fast - up
to 6 times faster on the same hardware.
7/7/7 - Simple Solutions introduces the Modular DataCenter.
At less than $2000, It provides more flexibility and better
data backup than systems costing hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
2/4/8 - Version 2 of the ARP ReportMaker is launched - adds
more positioning tools, improved referencing of external
objects, and more helpful help.
5/15/8 - Simple Solutions President, Paul Looney, delivers
the speech on Data/Editor databases at RunRevLive
international programming conference.
8/8/8 - Simple Solutions celebrates 20 years with new
“lavishly illustrated, copiously documented”, anniversary
edition, operating manual. President Looney remarks: “It is
certainly the best Operating Manual we’ve produced in over
20 years of writing them; not only is it a good manual, it
shows how far our business systems have progressed in the
last two decades, and how many good ideas our customers
have contributed.” A copy of this manual is available at
Ahsomme.com.