What also doesn't help is that SB+ was rebranded as System Builder, i.e. the same name as the old product.
I recall using the wrapper Brian refers to convert old screens - it was only really a half-way house and any screen with any complexity ended up being re-written anyway. "Tony Gravagno" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<[email protected]>... > >From Wjhonson > > Of all the jobs posted over the past several years, several have > asked > > for SB+ experience, none have asked for any other product of that > class. > > I'll respond to that here because it dove-tails with what I have > below. You don't see ads, in-part, because the sites still running the > old software are largely not aware that an MV community exists that > might respond to such an ad. Many of them don't even know what > software they have running on their "DOS" system. Most of them that I > run across have no consultants (I dare say "Value-Add Reseller") who > strongly insists on upgrades. The result is that they only reach out > to the world after a hard drive failure, hurricane, or some other > catastrophe. More below. > > > > From: Brian Leach > > So an 80% conversion is easy .. > > Yeah, everyone claims to do 80%, some only really do 50%. But we all > know it's that last 20% that occupies your time for the next year or > three. So perhaps to further refine the query, I'm looking for tools > that really do bring us closer to that 95-98% mark - with no marketing > fluff to bridge the gap between there and 80%. > > I don't have any immediate opportunities but I keep stumbling on these > poor sites. And if I do, and picking up orphans isn't my business, > then you gotta know that people who do go after that business must be > finding more of these. Some of these sites have gone through > developers (aka snake-oil salesmen) who claim they're going to convert > the software but never do, and eventually the sites just migrate away > from MV. It's a terrible story. > > [uh oh, soapbox alert] > You'd think the MV DBMS providers would take some interest in this but > I've yet to see any of them pro-actively offer assistance to any of > these sites, for-fee or otherwise. I know the original intent was to > discontinue support for SB and earlier SB+ in an effort to force > end-users to migrate to U2. That tactic worked for some sites but the > people who implemented that policy simply didn't have a plan-B for the > large number of sites that didn't fall for it. They were thinking > about starving out their DBMS competition by leveraging this tool. > What actually happened is that end-users decided not to upgrade their > DBMS just so they could keep using SB, and these sites migrate away > from the model as soon as some "young nephew" comes along. So everyone > loses with this predatory approach. > > I'm not asking any company to maintain software when it's not in their > financial interest, nor to chase small sites that are more inclined to > drop support than to migrate to a new platform. But from a marketing > perspective we all lose when a policy like this is only > half-implemented. > > Regards, > T > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > This message contains information that may be privileged or confidential and is the property of GPM Development Ltd. It is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient ,you are not authorized to read, print, retain, copy, disseminate, distribute, or use this message or any part thereof. If you receive this message in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete all copies of this message. This e-mail was sent to you by GPM Development Ltd. We are incorporated under the laws of England and Wales (company no. 2292156 and VAT registration no. 523 5622 63). Our registered office is 6th Floor, AMP House, Croydon, Surrey CR0 2LX. _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
