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Hey Joe, Can you expand on your comments a bit about BPCS? I used it many, many, MANY years ago and liked it back then (somewhere around 1989/1990). Were you working there when they chose the SQL course? I guess what I'm asking for is war stories and gossip. :-) Shannon O'Donnell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 2:58 PM Subject: RE: QINTER problems: CPF5390, CPF1317, CPF1189, CPF1196 > > From: Chuck Lewis > > > > By the way, have they ever "gotten their act back together" after the > near > > meltdown, etc. ? > > It wasn't "near". They melted down completely. The move to platform > independent SQL-driven code drove them into bankruptcy. I'm not saying > SQL killed them, or Unix, but the execution of the conversion (lots of > outsourcing, lots of code cowboys, not a lot of attention to up-front > design or performance testing) bankrupted the company. > > Gores Technology bought them out, they refocused on their core > competency and began a pretty respectable rise out of the ashes. > Recently they acquired PRMS, so they're doing a pretty good job of > consolidating that market. > > Joe > > _______________________________________________ > This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list > To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, > visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/midrange-l > or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives > at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > > > >
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