RE: Microsoft targets IBM midrange server customers

Very true.  Now, granted I have a vested interest (perhaps even biased) on
this subject......but it's one that boggles my mind.  Good news is that
right now no damage has occured.....well, unless you consider my opinion on
how well managed we are as a department and a company......

And I apologize if I seem to be spouting foam from the mouth but there are
three subject areas where I have become extremely defensive over.....the
iSeries and SAP, the iSeries and costs, and IT departments not working with
business goals........just mention those and it's like putting a match on
my fuse.......  :-)

Regardless, thanks for listening and have a great Christmas!




Chuck Lewis <clewis@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote on 12/20/2004 01:12:38 PM:

> Unreal. Scott Adams has management pegged. They should read his stuff,
hire
> someone to translate it for them, and maybe get half a flipping clue, you
> know ?
>
> Chuck
>
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>
> Chuck,
>
> Ahhhhh, the $64,000 question.  The answer is that our management (lacking
> spines and a few other anatomical parts that I will not mention) did not
> feel comfortable fighting the 'standard'.  One problem is that this
> information did not go very high up......due to political
> circumstances.....the other is I think our VP of IT decided that if he
was
> going through the risky SAP implementation he would rather implement it
via
> their standard in case the implementation flopped.....he didn't want a
> system choice to be the source of blame.....Not a smart move from my
> perspective.........ignoring a general business rule regarding costs
seems
> rather.......ahhhhh, I've said enough to get myself in trouble....
>
> What was rather interesting is that our parent company as well as the
> consultant that we selected went out of their way to create imaginary
> technical hurdles to help enforce the need for the standard.  I'm talking
> completely fabricated issues.....
>
> The one point I did not mention is that the i5 availability was the major
> component behind making the iSeries an affordable solution
> comparatively.......
>
> Another piece of advice is that if you are considering SAP and you are
> using the iSeries or contemplating it I would work with the Comtech
Group.
> I'm not affiliated in any way but I'm under the impression that they have
> done the largest number of iSeries SAP implementations and you will get
the
> straightest story.....
>