Rich Kulawiec wrote:
>
> On Tue, Oct 27, 1998 at 09:22:33AM -0500, Bob Munck wrote:
> > > ONly FUD and the lack of silly useless pointy-haired-boss-pleasing
> > > "business applications" has prevented it from sinking Microsoft's ship,
> >
> > Here you start to lose me. Apps are what sells PCs, not the goodness
> > of their OS. As a minimum, Linux has to have a web browser, spreadsheet,
> > word processor, and presentation editor.
>
> Already has these. *Has* had them. Also has an image/graphic editor
> (the GIMP) which has been favorably compared with PhotoShop -- which even
> surprised me. If you like the commercial flavor, try ApplixWare, which
> gets you the standard apps in a 8-package bundle for $99.
>
<<SNIP>>
>
> Which raises the question of why people actually want all this junk;
> I'm very much underimpressed with "business applications".
> I don't think most people in business have a friggin' clue how to
> actually use them to run their businesses, but they certainly seem
> bent on making their businesses use them -- at all costs. I've watched
> people spend millions on "management information systems" and "groupware
> productivity applications" for people who can't manage and people
> who can't produce *without* them, let alone after being saddled
> with 'em.
>
<<SNIP>>
If you recall the caricature of Charlie Chaplin the appeared on the
various IBM ads of a few years ago using the "latest" business solutions
from IBM to organize his "Hat-of-the-Month", "Cake-of-the-Month", etc
clubs, the prospect of using "business applications" was pushed real
hard. IMHO, management has come to depend on solutions provided rather
than doing a rational objective analysis of their process. Most people
arrive in their "management" positions as a result of excellence in
their field; not necessarily an ability to "manage".
Business applications are tools to be used to help run a business.
Used incorrectly, they become the tail wagging the dog rather than the
dog wagging the tail.
BTW, Rick, your comments hit home as I am currently mired in what I
consider management ineptness in applying "business applications" to
business tasks with no idea as to what needs to be done; only that
providing these "business applications" will achieve automation.
--
John Stewart
SUPSHIP San Diego
Information Systems Security Mgr
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