Re: State of the Midrange

[booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

This is the one that freaks me out.  The management won't send their 
talent that knows the company's business rules to training schools, won't 
do a little research & development in their own facility, won't take a 
flyer on trying some cgi RPG or Visual RPG or ASNA Visual, or Java.  The 
management will complain bitterly about IBM pricing, subscription fees, 
and upgrade costs.   And then proudly announce a change to a brand new 
untested platform with all new terms, new rules, and needing entirely new 
skill sets.  Almost invariably there will be an accompanying comment about 
how lucky they were to get it for only...(some ridiculous figure that is 
10 times any previous budget numbers the company has ever used).

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Booth Martin
Booth@MartinVT.com
http://www.MartinVT.com
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nina jones <ddi@datadesigninc.com>
Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
08/24/2000 10:52 PM
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i've seen situations where a company was totally satisfied with green
screen, had no interest in anything else, didn't want to spend any money
on new tools, and then there's a major management change, and zap, the
as/400 is gone.  they don't want to pay to improve what they have, that
is reliable and works, but they are perfectly willing to scrap and
replace it.

nj

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