Adam, Few years back some of my business friends started asking me whether they should go "urp" or not. Didn't have the faintest idea what they were talking about.
Then I was watching CNN one nigt and there was some software vendor loudly proclaiming that if you didn't get an ERP system this instant you were a dunderhead. Nowhere in the ad did they explain what ERP was at all. Guess they assumed their target customers knew, but I will bet that quite a few did not. I've seen ads in the trade magazines myself and wondered what in the heck the company was selling. I do think people get too close to what they're doing and just expect everyone to understand. Rick Mason On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 10:56:00 -0500, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:187582 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
