Re: Advanced Job Scheduler

[Aaron Bartell <aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Call your Business Partner.

I almost bit my tongue, but decided against it.

Am I wrong to be fed up with the need to contact a business partner to gain
access to products I already know I want to buy?  IBM (Steve Will) is
agreeing that automation** is an ingredient of success.  I see the formal
IBM Business Partners as an unnecessary hurdle to get over.  Imagine a
world where I could click and pay on a web page to get new products
installed on IBM i in 2 minutes.  What am I missing?

**http://bit.ly/youandi-strategy2015

Aaron Bartell
litmis.com - Services for open source on IBM i


On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:04 AM, Rob Berendt <rob@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> What it all boils down to is:
> Call your Business Partner.
>
> While it would be nice to simply find a list price on the internet and be
> done with it many software products simply do not work that way.
>
> IDK why.  I have my suspicions:
> 1 - To avoid sticker shock we want you to listen to our siren's.  You
> can't resist their voices.
> 2 - No one pays list.  That's just there to gouge you on maintenance at x%
> of current list price.
> 3 - As long as you're looking at... you should really look at ... also.
> 4 - Honest attempt to make sure you're buying the right thing.  Or don't
> buy 5770-xyz when you may be entitled to a free upgrade from 5761-xyz.
>
> Now, if you're trying to convince your boss and he's the only one who is
> allowed to contact your business partner, then I can understand your
> reluctance.
>
> Some of the BP's on this list are getting tired of answering such
> questions.  Irks them when they do all the research and then you contact
> your national BP who only says tell me what they told you and undercuts
> the price.
>
> Rob Berendt
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