RE: Is ERP dead?

[Wynn Osborne <wynn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

ERP Dead? Not the concept? It will never die. Most of the logic behind it
has been around for decades though. They just came up with a new acronym
and wa-la: MILLIONS & MILLIONS of dollars in sales.

But God, I hope the vendors die. Maybe not all of them. Just J.D. Edwards.
Their OneWorld product sucks to high heaven. And don't anyone tell me I'm
nuts because I'm living it right now. A year ago I thought Microsoft had
the buggiest software in history. Unh-huh. J.D. Edwards has them beat by
light years. I love Microsoft now.

Tell you what though, I've really come to appreciate the AS/400 and its
"ancient" methodology, i.e., RPG, CL, DDS, & DB2. I thought I was a
dinosaur, and that I was missing out on these new ERP packages, with their
120k salaries (remember SAP?). No more. Like someone else said, there is
nothing IMHO that can top a well written piece of software on the AS/400.
It is truly a beautiful thing to see. 

It's just very sad that, in most cases, management doesn't get it.







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