Re: Migration

["Peter Dow" <pcdow@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Karen,

Yes, management consultants. I actually met one of these guys at a client of
mine back in the early 90's. Nice guy, coming up with a report on how to
reorganize the employees at said client. He was the one making $1500/hour,
but very short term - two days I think it was.

Regards,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax

From: Karen Summers <ksummers@earthlink.net>
> $1500+/hour?!?!?!?  I think even I would "allow" my client to get an NT
> system for that rate.

<snip>

> But seriously, there actually are applications that run better on NT.
SMTP
> brings my 170 to it's knees.  Exhange runs flawlessly on my NT server
(okay,
> when it's up).  I am not suggesting that traditional applications like
> manufacturing or accounting are best "served" (pun intended) on an NT
> system, but there are exceptions.

I agree. For my one-person company, QuickBooks Pro does all the accounting
I'll ever need! And for the cost of an AS/400 + software, I could buy 2 or 3
PC's and have good odds that at least one would be up when I need to run
payroll <VBG>.

> I find the previous responses humorous, but it's true that there really
> aren't very many 400 people who will actively assist a client in moving
from
> a stable platform to an unstable or outdated one.  I have "fired" clients
> that required activities that I knew would damage the business.  This
might
> be one of those.  Maybe instead of assisting your client in the move, you
> could assist them in changing their mind.  I bet we would all help <grin>.

Doesn't this sound like something IBM's AS/400 marketing team should be
doing? <sigh><G>

Regards,
Peter Dow
Dow Software Services, Inc.
909 425-0194 voice
909 425-0196 fax

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