Re: Why NOT the 400?

Rick,

Asking these questions here on the Midrange-L list is pointless.  You'll
get a lot of agreement with your position, and you'll get a few people who
don't really understand why the community is shrinking who will,
nonetheless, give their conjectures.

However, you'll never find out the real truth here.   Ask your questions
in other areas, on Windows-related groups, on Unix-related groups, etc.

Asking here is like asking Tipper Gore why G.W. Bush won the election.
She may be able to conjecture, but she didn't vote for Bush, and it
wouldn't have been her decision to put him there.


On Sat, 26 Jul 2003, Rick Rayburn wrote:

> Why NOT?
>
> I don't understand. Everybody in - and out of - our industry know the 400 is
> the very best-of-breed choice for management of your back office. Don't
> heavy-transactional environments flourish better in shallow water? The 400
> does that very well.
>
> So, who cares how fast you're speeding down the super highway? You gotta
> have a vault to protect your crucial data, don't you?
>
> So,why is that so hard to market? Doesn't our box provide sufficient-enough
> access to the big road? Sure it does. Certainly enough for a sizable market
> share. And that's fine. No sweat.
>
> We should be getting all the back office action, right?
>
> Shouldn't the 400, "promote itself". It's not as if we are trying to sell a
> lemon disguised as a peach.
>
> We have a solid resource and community. Why does our industry grow smaller?
>