What killed the Java conversion; Was: Is powerhouse dead?

[James B. Byrne]

On 3 Jun 2002 at 8:27, Mikael A Olesen wrote:

> Ex. they spend loads of time making an EJB server to handle database
> calls so the system easily could run on all kind of databases. But when
> they had spend 25% of the budget and time and the front end users still
> didnt have any notible software to test, they closed the project. 

So, was this a case of excessively optimistic expectations, or poor 
project control?  It seems to me that the first decision for an in 
house conversion project would be to settle upon the database 
server software and hardware.  I take it as a given that the existing 
application and data structures were satisfactory and that a 
complete design overhaul was not necessary.  If so, what purpose 
was served by providing for multiple DB hookups?

Regards,
Jim
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