Re: BPCS support alternatives

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Mike,

In a message dated 9/13/00 9:05:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
Bloom@nexgensoftware.com writes:

> I can only speak for Nexgen in answering your question.  We have been
>  supporting BPCS since 1990 and have no intention of leaving this business.
>  There are still thousands of companies running BPCS that require support.
>  Nexgen has been providing quality Help Desk support since 1994 and will
>  continue to do so.

Yes, but that is today.  If Gores fails to keep BPCS current with technology 
(which, in my estimation, SSA has already fallen behind the curve), you'll 
eventually reach the point of diminishing return where you have to pay people 
more to work on BPCS than you can charge the customers to do the work.  
MAPICS and DMAS are prime examples -- try and find someone who even speaks 
well of them, let alone wants to work on them!

>  There are alternatives.

Perhaps I should have clarified that.  In the context of the mentioned 
alternatives, of which NexGen is one, there _are_ alternatives.  Heck, I'm 
one.  What I _meant_ was an alternative that could support those KRSO 
programs that are unobservable and for which no source is provided.  I'm 
still waiting to hear of someone that has a working copy of ODW, and can use 
ODO for those programs still running in it.  HP version?  New releases?

When I think "alternatives" in the original context, I think of fully 
_replacing_ SSA, not making changes to their code...

JMHO,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com

"The greatest joy in life is doing what others say you cannot do." -- Walter 
Bagehot
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