Enhancements

[Dan Thomas <DThomas@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I get the impression that JBA has no intentions of making any enhancements
to the base product set and that all efforts are going into the verticals.
I doubt I would have signed up for a five year maintenance agreement without
the prospect of any product improvements.  We use the JBA Help Line
occasionally and they do OK, but I certainly wouldn't have paid $60,000 per
year for 10 support calls that take a week or two for a response.
Personally, I think there are tons of areas where the base product can be
improved.  I've only bothered to turn in one request for enhancement and
other than receiving a confirming e-mail I never heard from anyone about my
request.  I could certainly make many more requests, but I don't want to
waste my time.  Also, I was shown Visual Components during my sales process
and expected to have some type of GUI client beyond the basic Explorer
screen scraper.  It is my understanding that Visual Components have been
abandoned.  What are JBA's plans in this area?

Any comments?

Dan Thomas
Sr. VP Information Systems
Medical Distribution, Inc.
4500 Progress Blvd
Louisville, KY  40218-5058
Phone (502) 454-9013 ext 120
email  DThomas@lpw-mdi.com

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