Re: Ready to scrap an AS/400

[nina jones <ddi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 
> Or perhaps who sold you the application?  What are you running and who
> sold it to you and what kind of promises were made?
> 

this made me think of a client, years ago, that bought a 34 with 27 meg
of memory.  he made it clear he was using it as a supplemental database
for their credit reports they got from national.  then, after he got the
system, he said he was going to load it with all the data they were
submitting to the national database.  i told him he'd run out of room in
six months.  he got all red in the face, and i thought he was going to
hit me...  you can't buy a product and then change the rules, and expect
the results to be the same.

on the other hand, i've seen systems both terribly over and under sold. 
over sold by greedy business partners, if the customer has their
checkbook out and is in a buying mood.  or undersold to get in the
door.  

if i were this fellow, and was sold a 170 to do these functions, for
$20,000 or so, and then was told i needed a 720 for $100,000+, i'd be
furious.  unless it was my decision to get the 170, and then load it
down with all the goodies.  then it's my fault. 

nj
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