HA! That reminds me of something that happened over 30 years ago at March AFB where I was a rookie programmer and Airman First Class. (Two stripes.) For months, one of the dumb terminals was flakey, with characters morphing from one value to another, cursor jumping around the screen, etc. Dozens of Honeywell Fes were called in. We had huge fans trained on the PC boards of the terminal (it was the size of a small desk) - with limited improvement. Finally, one FE came in, took a screwdriver out of his shirt pocket, turned one screw about 1/8 turn, and solved the problem. Something about memory being out of phase.
Well, that had nothing to do with the original subject, but when an old fart recalls a long-forgotten memory, he is compelled to tell the next person he encounters. Bottom line, it didn't matter who paid that guy's paycheck, or the parade of guys and gals paychecks that came before him. We are just glad he knew what to do with his screwdriver. Art Douglas Lead <http://www.linkedin.com/in/ediproartdouglas%20> Consultant Blackwater Network (877) 464-8915 -----Original Message----- From: Leah Halpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 12:34 PM To: Art Douglas; ediaas; [email protected] Subject: Re: [EDI-L] Re: EDIaaS demonstration - Alpha testers needed... Also another argument for having experience in house, just yesterday I was witness to an 18 hour system down outage which was passed from one external "expert" to another, 5 in all, before the last one said, "oh, yeah, that's a known bug" and fixed it in less than 30 minutes. Leah ----- Original Message ---- From: Art Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ediaas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 3:15:23 PM Subject: RE: [EDI-L] Re: EDIaaS demonstration - Alpha testers needed... A couple weeks ago there was a thread began when somebody asked about a computer for use as an EDI workstation and somebody else questioned the reason for installing EDI locally in contrast to SaaS. Your response points out the primary reason for installing EDI locally. That is, the people who's business is on the line are the people who have the access to and responsibility for the processing. Sure, this is an alpha test. Sure, a good SaaS host will be far more reliable than a pilot project. BUT, who is to say that even the best host, say a company as big and powerful and successful as Enron, or Worldcom, might not come through for their clients. The company who keeps their processing in-house may find it more expensive, and less reliable. But they are the masters of their own destiny. My two cents. Art Douglas Lead Consultant Blackwater Network (877) 464-8915 -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] com <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] com <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> ] On Behalf Of ediaas Sent: Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:01 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] com <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: [EDI-L] Re: EDIaaS demonstration - Alpha testers needed... Hello Chris, I am very sorry for this! Our test server is currently running in a "garage", and the owner of it is on holiday and did not want (and I can understand why) to leave it up and running while they were away from home. I am currently looking for "professional" hosting, it will break my rule of working on a "+0$-project" , but I knew that I would have to break this rule sooner or later ;-) BTW, provider #1 in my short list so for is: http://www.ultrahos ting.com/ Systems-VPS. <http://www.ultrahosting.com/Systems-VPS.aspx?ServiceID=9&PlanID=17> aspx?ServiceID= 9&PlanID= 17 with an offer at 29$/month for a (virtual) dedicated small Windows box. Anyway, at the latest, the demo will be back on the 19th of September, and since I cannot advertise anymore, it gives me more time to continue to work on the kernel of the prototype ;-) Sorry again for inconvenience caused. /Babel About Team --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED] com <mailto:EDI-L%40yahoogroups.com> , Chris Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Quoted text is from <ga5o85+hv6p@ ...>, by ediaas > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >http://babelabout. brinkster. net/demo. asp <http://babelabout.brinkster.net/demo.asp> > > Following this link gives you > > "Sorry, our test server will be down until the 19th of September." > > Regards > Chris > > -- > Chris Johnson mobile:+44 (0)7785 302122 Fax: +44 (0)870 0519 818 > EDI website http://www.edimatri x.co.uk <http://www.edimatrix.co.uk> > EDIMatrix Ltd work: 0845 126 0680 or +44 20 8778 1402 > Registered in UK no. 2777624 Reg.Office: 34 Sydenham Rd, London SE26 5QF > ------------ --------- --------- ------ ... 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