re: the roadmap

["Al Barsa, Jr." <barsa2@xxxxxxx>]

At 08:56 PM 10/15/97 -0400, you wrote:
>we are installing a new e-series AS/400.  gorgeous machine.  All muscle.  
>
>But the roadmap is pretty ragged right now.  The mantra has been "follow
>the road map".  I can tell you that right now we have just finished three
>days of setting up the machine.  Tomorrow we hope to install the new PTFs
>that came with it. The road map has been one disappointment after another. 
>We are telling ourselves it is because the new box has a partial-load of
>the OS and that was not an option when the instructions were written, so
>how could they have gotten the roadmap right?
>
>We are doing a side-by-side install, nothing fancy, small box.  We knew
>this would be an adventure when a) there was no power cord with the box,
>and b) when we got the cord it would not sit tightly in the UPS, so we
>couldn't turn on the AS/400.  

Booth:

I thought you knew better.  There's a new name for service providers who do
not follow the roadmap.  They are called 'defendants'.  I am restricted
from saying more than to indicate that an expert witness consulting
engagement is very lucrative

I suggest you follow the roadmap.  If you don't, it's possible to get it
right, but more usually then not, it's get done wrong.

Al

PS:  Booth, if you want more info, please call me.



Al Barsa, Jr. - Account for Midrange-L
Barsa Consulting, LLC.  
400 > 390

Phone:  914-251-9400
Fax:    914-251-9406





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