Of course. There are lots of technical solutions to the problem. Except for the fact it is, as you note, a political problem, not a technical one. And reasonableness is in the eye of the check-signer.
While I personally agree that long term savings are a desirable goal, the customers I deal with are frequently MUCH MORE concerned with short term expenditures. In many cases, they will reduce the rate of delivery, extending the project for several years at significantly higher total cost, simply to contain the current year's cost. It might appear short-sighted but it's a fact of life. And after making all the recommendations I can, at the end of the day my real job is to give the customer what they paid for in a form they can use. We don't hide the fact it is costing them more in the long run. But a happy out of date customer is worth more than an up to date one annoyed that we forced them to upgrade. One of my best customers is still using OS/390 1.3 and we have no intention of dropping support. Anyone know of a bus and tag CD reader? -----Original Message----- From: R.S. Sent: Wednesday, March 04, 2009 2:18 AM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: Re: 3490E cartridges Schwarz, Barry A wrote: > It must really be wonderful when all your customers keep up to date. > However, pontificating for those of us whose customers don't merely > demonstrates the limits of your experience. > > I guess we could have abandoned our customer who didn't convert from > round reels until after the turn of the century or another customer > whose only transfer medium is still 3480 (yes eighty). Third way. There is third way. Your choice is to stay with 3480 (reels, whatever), abandon the customer OR use third way. Usually there is no reason to use 3480 instead of CD. Or - there is no reasonable reason. Usually (always?) this is only because "I always did it that way" or "the sysprog told me he requires the tape" etc. The third way is to convince "the sysprog" OR HIS MANAGEMENT to use another method, maybe even show them how it's easy. Management will be glad hearing about THE SAVINGS because of abandoning ...3480. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland -- BRE Bank SA ul. Senatorska 18 00-950 Warszawa www.brebank.pl Sd Rejonowy dla m. st. Warszawy XII Wydzia Gospodarczy Krajowego Rejestru Sdowego, nr rejestru przedsibiorców KRS 0000025237 NIP: 526-021-50-88 Wedug stanu na dzie 01.01.2009 r. kapita zakadowy BRE Banku SA (w caoci wpacony) wynosi 118.763.528 zotych. W zwizku z realizacj warunkowego podwyszenia kapitau zakadowego, na podstawie uchway XXI WZ z dnia 16 marca 2008r., oraz uchway XVI NWZ z dnia 27 padziernika 2008r., moe ulec podwyszeniu do kwoty 123.763.528 z. Akcje w podwyszonym kapitale zakadowym BRE Banku SA bd w caoci opacone. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
