Axiant cost?
Kogan, Arthur
akogan@westpac.com.au
Wed, 19 May 1999 11:35:37 +1000
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I do not get a cent either way, so that is not the point. I agree with you
that using Quiz may save you training users, but am not sure how much, since
you have indicated running the Axiant flavour of Quiz, i.e. they will still
need at least a bit of training.
Regards,
Arthur Kogan
Westpac Financial Services
Sydney, Australia
My views are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views of my employer.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Witkopp [SMTP:witkopp@idt.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 19 May 1999 10:10 AM
> To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject: RE: Axiant cost?
>
> I don't have to teach our end users quiz, they already know it.
> Rather than your analogy, it's more like driving the 70's car
> to the end of the block, vs. teaching them to ride a 90's
> motorcycle. While you or I might get a bigger thrill out of
> riding the motorcycle, they already know how to drive the car,
> and couldn't care less about the thrill as long as they get to
> the end of the block.
>
> If you're bucking for a piece of the commission on this sale,
> you can relax, because it looks like we'll do neither and say
> farewell to Cognos entirely.
>
> > This is not the point I was making. Sure, you can teach end
> > users to use Quiz. I have done this myself. But to me the
> > situation is similar to the difference between driving a
> > 1970s car and driving a 1990s car. Sure, you can drive the
> > 1970s car and (because it is relatively simpler under the
> > hood) you can probably twick it to get more out of it, but in
> > all fairness, would you not rather be driving a 1990s model
> > with all the extra convenient gadgets as standard equipment?
> > That is unless there is a compeling reason not to (I gave
> > examples of such reasons in my previous mail).
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Arthur Kogan
> > Westpac Financial Services
> > Sydney, Australia
> >
> > My views are my own and do not necessarily reflect the views
> > of my employer.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Tracy Johnson [SMTP:tmj@primenet.com]
> > Sent: Wednesday, 19 May 1999 5:17 AM
> > To: Richard Witkopp
> > Cc: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> > Subject: RE: Axiant cost?
> >
> > On Tue, 18 May 1999, Richard Witkopp wrote:
> >
> > > I would disagree with you. Our end users have been programming
> > > their own quiz for years, and Cognos even offers (or did) a quiz
> > > for end users class.
> >
> > In response to someone who earlier said:
> > > > I think that there is an element of missing the point here,
> > > > in comparing
> > > > quiz to Impromptu. Quiz is not exactly an end-user
> > reporting tool !
> >
> > Not only that, but Quiz WAS marketed as an "end-user" report
> > writer up to
> > and including version 5.xx. (Anyone remember the tutorial?)
> >
> > Tracy Johnson
> > "Trust No One" - Semper Gumby
> >
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