NWTHS Axiant conversion update

[Neil Harvey]

Peter mistakenly attributes words to me that weren't mine. 
Just for the record :)

Neil


> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Peter DOXEY [SMTP:Peter.DOXEY@coats-viyella.com]
> Sent:	Friday, July 16, 1999 7:37 PM
> To:	Chris.Sharman@ccagroup.co.uk; neil@nha.co.za
> Cc:	Chris.Sharman@ccagroup.co.uk; powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject:	Re:RE: NWTHS Axiant conversion update 
> 
> Hello Chris,
> 
> "so I guess the whole exercise was an essential business investment in new
> skills, rather than necessarily a justifiable project in its own right.
> There
> may even have been pressure to stop actively selling PH client, and get
> with the
> Axiant program." ?
> 
>     Not quite correct Neil, yes it was good to gain valuable Axiant skills
> moving forward, especially as most companies are looking for GUI
> solutions.  No,
> there was no pressure to 'stop actively selling Powerhouse Client and get
> with
> the Axiant program', just think about it, we have a application which is
> essentially written in Powerhouse, the Client wants to move this
> application to
> a 32-bit environment and possibly move databases from Interbase to NT
> SqlServer.
>  
> What better way than to migrate the software into a product that handles
> the
> 32-bit environment, already uses powerhouse code and also has the option
> to go
> to SqlServer sometime in the near future.  The other option would be to
> perform
> a complete re-write in another product, which I suspect would have taken 3
> times
> as long to complete and more man hours to test in parallel and once
> complete, if
> the product has been designed differently, re-training of all your staff.
> This
> way we have moved fairly smoothly to a 32-bit environment with little
> trouble to
> the users.  I could give you a whole boat load of reasons why we chose
> this
> route but I think I've bored you enough
> Regards
>     Peter.A.Doxey   
>     Project Manager
>     Syscom PLC, West Midlands, England.
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