Re: Software Vendors

[Chuck Lewis <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hmmmm - LoserVision comes to mind... :-) Right Dean  ;-)

Colin Williams wrote:

> But how much time did your company spend analysing the software to
> ensure that it met their requirements? Did they visit any reference
> sites.
>
> It often surprises me(not saying that this is true in your case) that
> some IT Directors sign on the dotted line without even seeing a working
> version of the package they are purchasing. A controlled demo in a
> software houses presentation room should not be enough to justify the
> purchase of software.
>
> How many of us that have worked at software houses have heard the story
> of the clients that bought software that hadn't even been developed yet,
> because they fell for the salesman's blurb.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: SIMS, KEN [mailto:KSIMS@SOUTHERNWINE.com]
> >Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 11:05 PM
> >To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> >Subject: Re: Software Vendors
> >
> >
> >Hi Dean -
> >
> >>Date: Tue, 30 Nov 1999 01:14:48 EST
> >>From: DAsmussen@aol.com
> >>Subject: Re: Software Vendors
> > ...
> >>I often gripe about AS/400 application software being twenty years
> >>behind the times, but it is at least _solid_ for the most part.
> >>When it isn't, those vendors ought to be ostracized -- report it
> >>here, report it to "the trades", create an "I Hate JunkSoft(tm)"
> >>web site, create an informational web site, but do _SOMETHING_.
> >
> >We are using the Beverage Management Information System from
> >Distribution
> >Information Systems Corporation out of Charlotte NC and it sux
> >big time.  It
> >was purchased before I started working here because it is
> >supposedly Y2K
> >compliant.  The files generally are, but a lot of the programs
> >aren't.  Not
> >to mention that they are FILLED with bugs.
> >
> >Since I'm not involved with the money end of it, I don't know
> >how much, if
> >any, was already paid to them, but I do know that we did not pay the
> >entirety and that they aren't getting any more from us.
> >
> >Ken
> >Southern Wine and Spirits of Nevada, Inc.
> >Opinions expressed do not necessarily represent those of my employer or
> >anyone else.
> >
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