RE: Software Vendors

["SIMS, KEN" <KSIMS@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Colin -

>Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 09:28:56 -0000 
>From: Colin Williams <Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk>
>Subject: RE: Software Vendors
>
>But how much time did your company spend analysing the software to
>ensure that it met their requirements? Did they visit any reference
>sites.
>
>It often surprises me(not saying that this is true in your case) that
>some IT Directors sign on the dotted line without even seeing a working
>version of the package they are purchasing. A controlled demo in a
>software houses presentation room should not be enough to justify the
>purchase of software. 

This all happened before I started working here, but the software was
in-house running in evaluation mode for some FOUR MONTHS before going live
with it.  With all the bugs, I can't understand why the decision was made to
actually go for it.  The decision was made by the MIS Director previous to
the one who hired me.  Apparently he was all gung-ho on this software for
some reason; I don't know why.

One of the reasons for switching from the package that was being used is
that the current package is supposedly Y2K compliant (in the dreams of
someone on hard drugs maybe).  The old package definitely wasn't.  Quite
frankly, I think it would have been better to make the old package
compliant.

Ken
Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer or
anyone else.

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