WebSphere Question

["Raby, Steve \(GE Advanced Materials, consultant\)" <steve.raby@xxxxxx>]

Hello all,

Is WebSphere a universal thing or is the version on the AS400 different to the 
one that may be used for Oracle?

That's the first part of my question, the second part is, my wife is currently 
undergoing UAT of a piffling little system that has taken two MIS departments 
over two years to write (and still not one working program), basically now 
because of their inability they have reduced the requirements to an inventory 
and an invoice database with a number of reports. Now they say that they cannot 
produce a report in WebSphere that looks like the cover sheet that she uses, 
they also cannot put the date, program and user on the report. The report 
columns come out alphabetically by field name, the list of things they say they 
cannot do goes on and on and on. This cannot be true. WebSphere is not a giant 
step backwards is it? Or, as I believe, she is being sold a bill of goods by a 
department who are too lazy or have not the expertise that they claim.  Given 
their original requirements an AS400 and two programmers I could have had their 
system out in 6-8 months! So much for the wonder of Oracle and associated stuff!

Steve