An idea to bring the Amiga to the Construction Industry

[daydreamer]

I posted this on amigaworld.net so forgive me if you've already read this...

I work for a firm of Construction professionals, my interest in the Amiga (and other PC's) is pretty much an experienced amatuer with a tiny piece of programming experience.

For a few months now I've been looking for software that would be able to do what I want, however there does not appear to be anything like it out there, yet in my opinion software such as this would seriously revolutionise the building industry, yet I am surprised there is no such software.

So in my perhaps far fetched/pipe dream plan I wish to learn a suitable programme for developing this software. Obviously it's something that will be a very very long process but everyone starts somewhere. Basically this software will involve design elements, shed loads of tables etc (trying not to give out too much info) but as I said before my experience is still somewhat amatuerish. Which programming language would be best? What books you recommend for self teaching?

As someone who loves and has used the Amiga since 1987 I would love to develope this on an Amiga perhaps even specifically for the Amiga. As it is a niche market I'm sure many of you will probably laugh at my plan, perhaps even refer back to my name - yes I do daydream a lot.

So if there is anyone out there who could lend a hand, what would be a powerful language to implement this, what books to buy to learn, or even online courses? As far as I am aware there is NO software out there that caters for this requirement yet by creating such a piece of software would seriously revolutionise the work I do.

Case point - working on a massive multi million pound project that involves a lot of very hard graft, so far 2 months of man time has been used yet they have just scratched the surface, this is causing stress to a number of individuals yet with this software (I hope) it would take no longer than a week, in fact less. It's a dream, but it's something that could at least bring an AmigaOne into this office...

[daydreamer]

I'd love to start on an Amiga classic, unfortunately my Amiga 1200 died on me just before christmas - oh I remember the smell of popcorn!!!

Thanks for all the criticism, I need this to pick the flaws with the ideas.

Basically I am aware of the problems of implementing new software/hardware into an already populated industry. A couple of years back I worked with a guy who was pushing people to use his very simple Take Off (TO) & billing programme. It pretty much was a self running template that covered everything we in the industry require for doing this very mundane job. He asked us if we'd buy a license (£17 at the time) the IT guys laughed. Now on version 4.x he charges alot more for this software, shame I never kept in contact could do with his help now...

Anyway point is I know to appeal to the masses it needs to be cross platform compatible, I guess I choose Amiga though because it's a labour of love. I'd love to see my programme run for the first time on an Amiga and advertise it from there...