Hi,
I would like to tender my own profile for this particular project instead of employing one of our engineers. Reason being the quality of work and the longevity. In short, I have about 14 years of core Software Application Development experience across domains and technologies.
As we continue further and find a need of introducing more resources to the project, we can do that too.
1) Do you want this Software to run across platforms or if it should target one or some of them?
2) If User Experience including, but not limited to the looks and reaction time is of utmost importance, I would have no hesitation is stating that we need a desktop program to do that. Now the choice of technology depends on the answer to question 1 above.
3) Even though, we start with a desktop program, we can always endeavor to design components of our project such that we are able to maximize their re-usability as we extend the product to web further.
4) May be we should also talk a bit about your vision on offering smart phone accessibility in future.
I shall be waiting to hear back from you.
Best Regards,
Nishant Sharma
Raise Solutions