Cognos and Speedware Announcement

[Robert Edis]

The demise of PowerHouse

1. ADT income no longer included in share holder reports
2. ADT tools dissapear from product list on Cognos website
3. ADT tools no longer mentioned by sales people
4. ADT tools no longer included in conference presentations
5. Dramatic slow down in development/enhancements/new features
6. Deal made with Speedware, once only mentioned by Cognos in disparaging 
terms, to support ADT tools.  Speedware advertising in past put down 
PowerHouse and encourages Cognos customers to port PH apps to "modern" 
tools (i.e. Java).

My prediction:
7. Development/enhancement work on PH stopped completely by Cognos
8. Cognos and Speedware announce deal where Cognos sells PowerHouse to 
Speedware.
9. Speedware takes over support (taking a few of the youngest and most 
promising ADT developers from Cognos to boot) and license income.
10. Speedware induces PH customers to "modenise" their PH apps by offering 
special deals and perhaps increasing annual license fees on PH.
11. PowerHouse RIP

Am I just a cynical pessimist?  Does it matter?

Blue
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