Re: Accounting Vendors

It is not just stubbornness Tom, it has a lot to do with how our business 
operates, what our goals are and what is the most cost effective way to 
reach them.  Most of the web / graphical products I have seen require 
webshpere development studio which I personally consider a bloated hog of 
resources.

Some companies might not mind spending hundreds of thousands of dollars on a 
i5, however I do not have that large a budget to work with and I have an 
obligation to balance what we have available with what will get the job 
done.  Obviously we are not totally opposed to the web as we are planning on 
converting a 170 to a web portal for our customers and employees....it is 
just that from a business perspective, 5250 still meets our needs for the 
foreseeable future; the extra resources we would need to spend to "webify" 
are better used in other parts of our operations.

Our business (internally) is one that does not require fancy screens, mouse 
moves, popup windows, etc..  Our experience has also been that when you give 
such options to most (notice I did not say all) users they will invariably 
waste 15% of their computing time moving the mouse around, etc.  Yes, I am 
well aware that one can programmatically allow the user to use the tab key 
or field exit to move from field to field but I know from personal 
experience watching end users they will grab that mouse and waste time.  It 
is a distraction in my opinion.

Of course you are free to formulate your own opinion and even disagree with 
me, or anyone else for that matter, this is just one man's opinion.  
Stubbornness? I would politely disagree, it is what fits our business needs.

Douglas


On Fri, 2 Dec 2005 08:35:51 -0800, Tom Jedrzejewicz wrote
> On 12/2/05, Douglas W. Palme <dpalme@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Thanks for the info Paul, browser app is not an option for us and 
although
> > we are planning on purchasing a new 520 this next year, I have no 
intention
> > of spending half a mil just so I can run some over bloated web product :)
> >
> > Just my thoughts, although I have been wrong before.....
> 
> Implementing a new, relatively expensive green screen only solution
> today is painting yourself into a corner for no good reason other 
> than stubbornness.  My opinion is that the flexibility is good, and 
> I am sure that the pricing can be negotiated to an acceptable point.
> 
> I would also be VERY concerned for the long-term viability of a
> product / company that hasn't made progress toward a web or graphical
> interface.
> 
> --
> Tom Jedrzejewicz
> tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx
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