12182006 1649 GMT-6
I see this often myself. They want something "better" but that is also
the exact same as they have. Local school district called me because
they wanted to change some things. They needed a more stable system, one
with less down time, one that cost them less. I put them on Ubuntu, set
up a single system that did everything they had on Windows - except it
didnt have a single problem the entire time they had it.
They had asp problems that I couldnt help with so I redid their system
with php and installed mysql. I just worked with what I knew.
In the end they have, so far, stayed with their old system. Why? Because
they know it. It might break down all the time, not do what they want -
be years and years outdated, but they know it.
Sounds like you faced the same problem.
Wade
On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 16:03 -0600, Brian E Boothe wrote:
> I recently last week Had and experience with an Very small Company, where
> as they had around 15 Machines all hooked "Star topology" and a central iis
> ASP Web server that only showed the date, and a few small utilities when
> addressed To it, now there entire Operation was based upon Excel,
> everything "not joking" I mean everything, was a file share to an Folder
> ("around 90 Folders") in which they had probably 200 + excel sheets in each
> one u name something u need to do in business I guarantee there was a excel
> sheet for it, repetitive sheets for Different Operations, all Sheets linked
> to one another thru references in excel, excel97 Mind u, I was there on a
> Consulting call, to inform them of a better way to update / Operate there
> business "They ended up saying they liked there Current way better" it
> makes more since to them and Only wanted me to link 10 more sheets to what
> they already had and add a few more file shares, "of Course I refused this
> Project " and walked out Laughing my ass off in the car"
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