"... I expect that the speed with which development will be possible in Version 5 is going to make it possible for me to offer comprehensive custom applications at a remarkably affordable cost... Alpha Five Version 5 now truly is a database program for the non-programmer." - Kevin McDuff

"[with] Alpha 5 Version 5...it's now so easy to do so much, that the database-challenged individual can now create applications with ease!...[version 5 allows developers to] deliver better and more robust applications at less cost and with shorter development times to our users and clients." - Ira Perlow

"The people at Alpha Software have once again proven their genius at making database power accessible to the business user...Alpha Five Version 5 will dazzle you with new features and conveniences." - Frances Peake

"If Alpha's earlier versions have been gems, Version 5 is the compelling mother load!...Alpha has been listening carefully to its developer community...Each time I open Alpha Five I discover a new feature making our work easier or adding new functionality to our applications." - John Oesterle

"Although I'm a novice, I have examined Oracle, Paradox, Foxpro, Access, FileMakePro and even the old Approach product from Lotus. Alpha Five leaves them all behind!...You [Selwyn] have the ability to see what your customers need and how to produce a product that even those of us who are nearly computer illiterate." - Bob Parkhill

"Until I saw all the new, extraordinary features of Alpha Five version 5, I just didn't have enough confidence to build shrink-wrapped 'programs'. Now, I can not hold back my confidence and enthusiasm." - Wanda Tucker

"Working with Alpha Five V5 is kinda like wondering in a toy store, there is more fun around every corner. Ultimately, I like every new feature I have tried." - Jerry Brightbill

"I had left a copy of my application with Selwyn while at the conference and asked him to look at it, as I could not get it to work with V5...[later] I got an e-mail from him to download the latest beta and to try running my application again. I did, and it ran perfectly! Imagine, the designer of a software package taking the time to ensure that my application would run." - Tom Patten

"Alpha Five, version 5 is nothing short of a stunning achievement...As for new functions and Xbasic commands, there are literally hundreds...the developer now has expanded and very powerful new tools at his or her command to greatly speed up, control and improve the development process." - Peter Gruelich

"Alpha Five version 5.0...is so feature-packed, contains so many genies, functions, and is just so powerful and easy to use...This version of Alpha Five is the best one yet, enabling anyone to create complex database applications without code using genies and the greatly enhanced Action Scripting engine." - John Magno

"Alpha Five [version 5] is a superb product - you don't have to know how to use it - just let Alpha know what you want to accomplish, sit back and relax and watch [version 5] do the rest for you." - Daniel Weiss

"...Being a true Brit I see Version 5 as the Concorde of database development, very fast and very sophisticated. Top marks to Selwyn and his dedicated team..." - Bob Whitaker

"I decided I would recreate what I've already developed using Access in Alpha Five v5 beta. WOW!!!! Development time was significantly shorter...with Alpha Five v5 I'm certain I can grow my business faster because I can take on more projects at once now that development times will be shorter." - Brian Pearson

"Database products fall into 2 categories: low-power, easy to use products suitable for organizing kitchen recipes, and formidable, industrial-strength behemoths requiring "certified" database administrators to set up and maintain. Alpha Five version 5 straddles both poles: it is simple enough for the dabbler and robust enough for the MIS professional." - Peter Wayne

"Alpha Five version 5 is the proverbial "better mouse trap." I wish I could find a way to get the world's database developers in a stadium for just one hour, and show them Alpha Five. The world will have changed in just that one hour." - Steve Workings

"Version 5 now offers a number of new features that the end user will appreciate, and total programming time may even be less due to the improved development interface." - Cal Locklin

"The beta version from the very beginning was a vast improvement over the current system...The non-programmer will be able to accomplish much more than they did in the past." - Bob Adler

"Alpha has done an amazing thing with their new Version 5.0...The result is a product that is more capable while also being easier to use." - Dave Sander

"My clients expect me to deliver sophisticated applications with very little development time. Version 5 provides me with the tools I need to keep them happy, yet it is even easier to use than previous versions." - Ray DiFazio

"I am currently updating two fairly complex programs, one using Alpha Four version 3 and the other Alpha Five version 4.5.  I am amazed at how rapidly I am progressing with these conversions...version 5 does most of the work for me." - Howard Reisdorf

"The features in version 5 will allow the non-programmer to quickly and easily create applications ready for use immediately...I would go looking for some old hurdles for me [from earlier versions], only to find them completely revamped and ingeniously improved." - George Corder

"I believe this will bring new meaning to simplicity and elegance in a Database product underpinned by global internet access and administration." - Clyde Mar

"Alpha Five v5...[will] allow me to put out a much better looking product than I ever thought I could...Version 5 should allow me to leapfrog my competition." - Wallace Honeywell

"...this new update should not be called Alpha Five version 5...I suggest this new edition be called Alpha 6 Version 1." - Keith Hubert

"I can't explain it, but there is something to the 'feel' of working with V5 that makes me much more comfortable with using Alpha Five v5 than Alpha Five v4.5." - Mike Konoff

"...nothing is as much fun as using Alpha Five to create an application that satisfies a customer's needs and wants...If I sound like I think Alpha 5 [v5] beats Access and VB hands down as a development tool, the answer is 'Yes'" - Dave Jampole

"A lot of terrific things have been said about version 5, and rightly so.  I like the fact that there are over 25 new features that my customers will appreciate, which should make it easy to convince them to make the switch." - Bill Warner

"I just downloaded the latest beta and built myself a new DB...in a few hours. I am in awe..." - John Bowen

"Even if you know nothing about programming, it enables you to produce finished applications which convince users that you're a programmer. And if you are a programmer, Alpha Five leverages your skills by increasing your productivity." - Bill Hanigsberg

"I am a medium user, and don't like having to resort to xbasic, so therefore I love v5 with all the scripts and built in functions." - Ken Whitcomb

"Alpha Five, Version 5, was built with you in mind...Version 5 end-user 'ease of use' features are married to 'professional' development tools. It's a wonderful match!" - Tom Cone Jr.

"Because of the way Alpha Five [v5] is structured, I can quickly and easily create complex reports to present the [data] in a manner that is easily understood." - Ken Nordin

"Alpha Five version 5 will be to version 4 what v4 is to 'the rest of the field'. It gives the programmer virtually total control over not only the application he is building, but the programming environment as well." - Jim Smith

"In working with the beta [of version 5], I've been constantly amazed at all the new action scripting program steps that are available. Truly a quantum leap from the already great capability of Version 4." - Ohlen Cartmell

"Version 5 gives me so much more flexibility in design that I have had to re-think how I want to present information to my users...from what I have seen so far, ver 5 will allow us to really soar." - Tom Henkel

"Alpha Five runs our day to day operations and gives customers information and reports that make them more successful. Now (with version 5) the best and easiest-to-use database program is head and shoulders above the rest!" - Susan Bush

"With the release of Alpha Five version 5 being imminent, we at DMSI are gearing up to handle the expected client requests for new applications, as well as conversions and enhancements...Alpha Five version 5 is going to make us look even better." - John Lemisch

"I have been a beta tester for version 5 and I have been blown away. It is so easy to use. You can put together a heck of a nice program without much programming experience." - David Day

"I thought Alpha 5 Version 4.5 was the ultimate in databases until I took a peek at the new Version 5. The added features are incredible, especially for those of us who are not computer programmers and need to solve database management problems rapidly and easily." - Jorge Mir

"Alpha Five is indeed a stable, solid, and user-friendly RAD tool for businesses of any size, whether it be a small business, or a large corporate office." - Andrew Janert

"The flexibility and power of Alpha Five, along with the many helpful "genies," templates and pre-configured routines enable me to be a "real application developer." Alpha Five is a wonderful and powerful product." - Dave Theoharides

"We have been able to migrate from only building prototypes...while developing the final product in Visual Basic, to rapidly building the entire finished product in the all new Alpha Five V5 due to it's newly enhanced capabilities." - Kevin Anderson

"If you've been thinking about writing your own application and are not sure what to use, look no further, Alpha Five v5 is it!" - Jeff Moses

"Alpha 5 version 5 has raised the bar for rapid development and full featured functionality in data management systems. Development time is greatly reduced for the novice and the power user." - Alan Buchholz