Current Challenges etc. in the PowerHouse World (SHRINKING !)

[Bill D Michael]

The Bobs said:

      Ladies and Gentlemen of the List...

      I was asked to post this response to the list serv.   It was also
      noted that you should check your seatbelts before reading it.

      You will be receiving both products that are good for six months. If
      you use them and like what they can do for your operation .....get
      ready!!!"You only pay for support"...the licenses are free...Yeah
      that's right Free and Cognos in the same sentence...save this email

      Bob

      in reply to:

      PowerHouse on Windows NT/2000/XP is the same as PowerHouse on the
      other server platforms. It is not a GUI (that's Axiant). It runs in a
      command box. It's as good a tool as PowerHouse elsewhere. We also
      have PowerHouse Web on Windows NT/2000/XP.

      For web development (on all platforms), you use QDESIGN or Axiant.
      Just like the PowerHouse philosophy, we believe in make it work then
      make it pretty. For the web, QDESIGN generates an HTML template. You
      make the page work, then you modify the template using whatever
      editor (GUI or text) that you'd like.

      Bob

      Am I the only one who read this as saying that we'd all be getting a
      copy of PowerHouse and PowerHouse Web for Windows? Later messages
      seem to say we'll be getting them, and maybe Axiant, for whatever
      platform we're currently on... which is pretty pointless, because we
      obviously already HAVE PowerHouse for that platform. I'm lost as to
      what is coming to us "free". If it's Web and Axiant, we've already
      looked at those and said "no thanks" - but depending on how PH for
      Windows _works_, and how much it costs, it may be an option for us...
      I'll say up front that if there are more than three digits in the
      price per PC, don't bother, and two digits would be far better.

      Bill

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