Is powerhouse dead?
Witkopp, Richard
Richard.Witkopp@idt.com
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 09:59:14 -0700
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Therein lies your answer. They are NOT serious about it's
future. Even if the product was the best on the market, it's
nowhere near as accessible as the competition. I can walk
intoCompUSA and two or three hundred dollars later walk
out with a shrink-wrapped box full of PowerBuilder or Visual
Basic desktop version. It's very close, or identical, to the
client-server versions. If I want Powerhouse, I try to find a
"local" sales rep, which may be hundreds of miles away,
leave a phone message which won't be returned, and forget
that I was ever interested in Powerhouse a few days later.
Having never known the price, I won't lament my decision
to go with someone else.
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Heaslip [mailto:heaslips@ozemail.com.au]
Sent: Monday, June 03, 2002 7:55 PM
To: 'Clarke, Sam'
Cc: powerh-l@cube.swau.edu
Subject: RE: Is powerhouse dead?
Either way I still stand by my opinion that Cognos needs to be much more
active in promoting the AD Toolset if they're serious about it's future
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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=450265216-04062002>Therein lies your answer. They are NOT serious about
it's</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=450265216-04062002>future. Even if the product was the best on the market,
it's</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=450265216-04062002>nowhere near as accessible as the competition. I can
walk</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=450265216-04062002>intoCompUSA and two or three hundred dollars later
walk</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=450265216-04062002>out
with a shrink-wrapped box full of PowerBuilder or Visual</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=450265216-04062002>Basic
desktop version. It's very close, or identical, to the</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=450265216-04062002>client-server versions. If I want Powerhouse, I try to
find a</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN
class=450265216-04062002>"local" sales rep, which may be hundreds of miles
away,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=450265216-04062002>leave
a phone message which won't be returned, and forget</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=450265216-04062002>that I
was ever interested in Powerhouse a few days later.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=450265216-04062002>Having
never known the price, I won't lament my decision</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff face=Arial size=2><SPAN class=450265216-04062002>to go
with someone else.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
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class=450265216-04062002><FONT color=#0000ff
face=Arial> </FONT></SPAN></FONT></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=450265216-04062002> </SPAN>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
Steve Heaslip [mailto:heaslips@ozemail.com.au]<BR><B>Sent:</B> Monday, June 03,
2002 7:55 PM<BR><B>To:</B> 'Clarke, Sam'<BR><B>Cc:</B>
powerh-l@cube.swau.edu<BR><B>Subject:</B> RE: Is powerhouse
dead?<BR><BR></DIV></FONT>
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<DIV><FONT size=2><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT face=Arial><SPAN
class=540283402-03062002>Either way I still stand by my opinion that Cognos
needs to be much more active in promoting the AD Toolset if they're serious
about it's future<SPAN
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