Clark et al, Depending on the degree of modifications, isn't it a major negative that mods to a COTS package have to be reapplied or reworked for every upgrade to the package?
EdP Clark Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> 02/14/2008 07:56 PM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: COTS software on box ? to replace mainframe was Re: Curious(?) way to ZIP a mainframe file. On 14 Feb 2008 09:42:02 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Don Leahy wrote: >> On Wed, Feb 13, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Steve Comstock >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> >>> Sorry. What is COTS? >>> >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> >>> -Steve Comstock >>> The Trainer's Friend, Inc. >> >> >> Commercial Off The Shelf. >> >> It is the 'silver bullet' solution du jour in the organization that I work for. > >Ahh! We don't need no steenkin' programmers: >we just buy what we want from de' sof'ware store. > > >Which, of course, fails to distinguish your >capabilities from those of your competitors. > As someone who made his living as a COBOL application programmer-analyst when he wasn't a systems programmer, I wish I could dismiss COTS as something that won't make the grade. However, most of the major COTS packages both enable a company to get good IT practices and tailor the package to meet the organization's needs and goals. SAP or Oracle implementations are not cheap but they can allow major upgrades in the way a company does business because many of the processes have already been coded and tested. Clark Morris > > >Kind regards, > >-Steve Comstock >The Trainer's Friend, Inc. > >303-393-8716 >http://www.trainersfriend.com > > z/OS Application development made easier > * Our classes include > + How things work > + Programming examples with realistic applications > + Starter / skeleton code > + Complete working programs > + Useful utilities and subroutines > + Tips and techniques > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
