YES! I guess you google SAP and BANKRUPTCY ?
On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:29 PM, Israel, John R. < johnisr...@daytonsuperior.com> wrote: > Is this it? > > http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=awweg53wmmJw&refer=germany > > John > > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto: > u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Horacio Pellegrino > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 3:16 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] File Sizing using concurrent option AND FAREWELL > > I remember a company that went bankrupt because they spent so much in SAP > ( or was it Oracle? ) It was in the news. > > Anybody? > > HP > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Dawn Wolthuis <dw...@tincat-group.com > >wrote: > > > I have only seen SAP implementations from a bit of a distance and > > through reading stories, but in every case, my understanding was that > > those in charge of the project were gone before SAP went live. I have > > seen systems analysts and programmers survive the project, with plenty > > of stories once they do. It sounds like a really brutal ERP > > installation. I have not kept current on this front enough to know > > that people were still selecting it, although a whole lot of people > > are still maintaining it. > > > > Best wishes, Scott, and thanks for taking the time to write up your > > notes regarding some of those in the industry who have helped you. > > Cheers! --dawn > > > > On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Holt, Jake <jh...@samsill.com> wrote: > > > I thought no one actually ever finished implementing SAP? > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto: > > u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of > > iggch...@comcast.net > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 1:31 PM > > > To: U2 Users List > > > Subject: Re: [U2] File Sizing using concurrent option AND FAREWELL > > > > > > > > > > > > Don't worry, we're not going to implement anything that's going to > > > do > > damage. Well, unless you call the outrageous cost a damage :) > > > > > > > > > > > > Any thoughts on the CONCURRENT option? > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > > > > > From: "Wjhonson" <wjhon...@aol.com> > > > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 2:14:19 PM > > > Subject: Re: [U2] File Sizing using concurrent option AND FAREWELL > > > > > > > > > Well you used to be. After SAP sucks ten years out of the life of > > > your > > company, we'll see > > > > > > > > > > > > << I am being moved to our corporate office to join a eam of 10 who > > > will > > be learning, configuring, and customizing SAP to meet the eeds of the > > best wine and spirits distribution company in the world. Ok, I'm > > > little partial... >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: iggchamp <iggch...@comcast.net> > > > To: U2 Users List <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> > > > Sent: Wed, May 23, 2012 11:11 am > > > Subject: [U2] File Sizing using concurrent option AND FAREWELL > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi All, > > > > > > uv 10.2.7 / hpux 11.11 > > > > > > First things first (skip this section if you don't care for > goodbyes)... > > > > > > > > > I wanted to say thanks to all of the contributors to this list. I > > > have > > learned > > > tremendous amount from all of you. The passion that many of you > > > have > > for your ork is really inspiring. I am being moved to our corporate > > office to join a eam of 10 who will be learning, configuring, and > > customizing SAP to meet the eeds of the best wine and spirits > > distribution company in the world. Ok, I'm > > > little partial... All of you deserve a great deal of credit for my > > pportunity as you have all contributed to the things that I've been > > able to ccomplish with my current system. Without the great system > > that we here in llinois have developed, I'm sure that noone would > > trust in my abilities to eliver in a different environment. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > blockquote> > > > > > > special thanks to a couple of people I have been blessed to work > > directly ith. I cannot recommend their services enough! > > > /blockquote> > > > > > > > > > blockquote> > > > > > > > > > ony Gravagno ( http://www.nebula-rnd.com/ ): When each division of > > > SWS > > was > > > sked to provide a web service that would interface our sales force > > automation > > > nits to our business systems, I was terrified. I had never had the > > opportunity > > > o work with web technology and, based on a heavy workload, did not > > > have > > the > > > ime to dive in at that time. I did take the web developer that > > > Universe ffered for a spin. Pretty cool tool. While I was able to > > > develop a web ervice that could work had I set the requirements > > > myself, I could not > > get it to > > > eet the requirements that corporate was developed. I even worked > > > with > > one of > > > he IBM engineers and he could not get it done. Keep in mind that I > > > have > > always > > > elieved in my abilities to provide solid solutions using the tools > > > that > > we have > > > n the multivalue world. It killed me to have to bring in a resource > > from the > > > utside. I swallowed my pride and turned to Tony. I was amazed at > > > the ncredible service that he provided. He developed a service for > > > me that > > has > > > een rock solid. I am still amazed that I have never had to revisit > > > it > > after > > > ears of pounding by our sales force. This is plug, play, and forget > > about it > > > t its best! Not only that but our web service which provides > > > incredibly owerful and complicated pricing blows the web service > > > developed on our orporate as400 system out of the water from a > performance standpoint. > > Thanks > > > ony, you've made me look a lot better than I really am :) > > > /blockquote> > > > > > > > > > > > > eff Fitzerald ( http://www.fitzlong.com/ ): Your write-ups on file > > performance > > > ave really helped me to ensure that our system is always operating > > > at a > > high > > > evel. I wish I could get everyone around here to read it. I was > > > also ortunate enough to have been allowed to use your file > > > maintenance > > product - > > > AST. I can't tell you how much time that this saved me. When I > > > first > > arrived > > > t this company, all the files were dynamic. I made the mistake of > > converting > > > hem all to static because I believed the performance was much > > > better. I > > was > > > ight and the system was screaming. The reason I use "mistake" is > > > that it brought me into a whole new world of ensuring the thousands > > > of files > > used by > > > he application continued to perform by spending all my weekends sizing. > > Yuck! > > > y allowing me to break away from managing the monster that I had > > > created > > by > > > sing your product, I had my weekends free again. Yay! Not only > > > that, > > your > > > roduct was doing a much better job than I ever did. Unfortunately, > > budgets > > > ere cut and I could no longer continue to use it. Thanks Jeff, you > > helped me > > > o spend my time moving the company forward by developing great tools > > rather > > > han maintaining files. > > > /blockquote> > > > > > > > > > ILE SIZING question: > > > > > > As mentioned, I'm moving on. Before leaving I'm trying my best to > > > ease > > the > > > urden on my friends here in Illinois by automating many of the > > > things > > that I > > > ever got around to doing for myself . That being said, I put > > > together a outine that will analyze our files and resize as > > > necessary. It's pretty > > slick > > > ut not near the software offered by fitzlong.com - refer to previous > > section. > > > > > > I would like to set it up to execute from cron so that noone has to > > babysit. > > > eing the scaredy cat that I am, I've always phantomed off the > > > process and onitored over the weekend to ensure that noone is > > > accessing the files in uestion. I put the CONCURRENT option in > > > there as a safeguard but never > > really > > > rusted it enough to turn the program loose without policing. > > > > > > My questions regarding CONCURRENT are these: > > > 1. Is the option trustworthy enough to use on a live system while > > users > > > re possibly accessing the files? > > > 2. Are there any sort of performance issues? In other words, > > > would a > > file > > > hat takes 2 hours to size take 8 hours to size while users are > > accessing? The > > > outine keeps a history of various statistics including how much time > > > it > > took to > > > o its business. > > > 3. Does it slow the application that is accessing the file? > > > 4. Any other considerations? > > > > > > > > > hanks in advance for your response and for all of the tremendous > > > help > > that > > > ou've all been over the years. > > > > > > Scott Thompson > > > ______________________________________________ > > > 2-Users mailing list > > > 2-us...@listserver.u2ug.org > > > ttp://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > U2-Users mailing list > > > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > _______________________________________________ > > > U2-Users mailing list > > > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > _______________________________________________ > > > U2-Users mailing list > > > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > > > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > > > > > > > > -- > > Dawn M. 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