> And i wasn't taking a swipe at PLUM especially. It's very common. I > think the people working on a project get so close to it, they forget > that there'll be lots of people who dont know what it is.
Yeah, you're right, Mike. I especially liked your description of the CRM bit. I almost think vendors design it that way so that people will follow the "mystique" of a thing like lemmings over a cliff. Everyone rushes to it because everyone else is rushing to it, but no one really knows what it is or why they're so desperate to have it. <adamrant> The other thing that astonishes me is the *price* of things like CRM, ERP, etc. Oracle just bought PeopleSoft for 10.3 Billion dollars because PeopleSoft generates a heavy stream of cash from a product that costs a bloody fortune to acquire, customize, maintain, and support its users. They sell the dream of a well-oiled ERP system, they typically deliver substantially less, and people just keep on paying massive fees year after year for it, as if there is no alternative. </adamrant> Thanks for your feedback, Mike. Respectfully, Adam Phillip Churvis Member of Team Macromedia http://www.ProductivityEnhancement.com Download Plum and other cool development tools, and get advanced intensive Master-level training: * C# & ASP.NET for ColdFusion Developers * ColdFusion MX Master Class * Advanced Development with CFMX and SQL Server 2000 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - New Atlanta http://www.newatlanta.com Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187547 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
