Re: More on AS400 Signon screen

[Neil Palmer <neilp@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have a standard signon display that I give customers that displays lines
of data from a message file so they can use a command I also give them
(CHGSIGNON - which displays the fields from the message file as
input/output) to display various information on the signon display
(tip/joke/recipe/pathetic inspirational saying of the day, corporate
strategic direction statement du jour, news of upcoming company
picnic/BBQ/golf tournament/fire alarm test/Saddam Hussein
look-alike-contest, daily winner of the "guess the mystery meat in the
cafeteria special" contest, phone numbers for support staff, poison
control center, etc.).  The top part of the display could also be used to
put the company name, web site URL, etc. on it, and I added the date/time.
 I always leave the signon display for QCTL alone.

...Neil





"trevor perry" <trevorp@looksoftware.com>



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Related to this, I have a pushy question.. (And, BTW, this is not picking
on
anyone in particular.)

I was wondering why we so often feel the need to change the signon screen.
Our companies/customers are paying us to provide services that allow their
businesses to operate. How is it that we, the service provider, find that
we
can charge our time for modifying the signon screen - something that has
(IMHO) zero business value?

I ask this a lot of my customers when I am refacing applications, and the
general answer is "because we can". I am very interested in other
"reasons"
or reasoning. Is this one of the few times we can be artists? What
positive
business impact does it have?

Thanks in advance,
Trevor
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trevorp@looksoftware.com