[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/2/2021 6:56 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 8/2/21 2:53 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> On 8/2/2021 1:31 PM, calliet gérard wrote:
>>> I'm continuing of thinking that VMS will be selled because of its very
>>> specific qualities. I cannot be wrong.
>>
>> Well, you are not wrong.  If something else could replace VMS, then it 
>> would already have done so years ago.
> 
> Uhh..  Dave...  Something did replace VMS.  Actually a lot of things
> replaced VMS.  Many of them were mistakes, but the fact is they did
> replace VMS.  Saw it first hand at the University I worked at for 25
> years.
> 
> On an interesting side note I read an article on LinkedIn today that
> talked about how moving to these pre-packaged systems like SAP (or, in
> the case of the University I worked at Banner) it becomes necessary to
> change the way you do business to match the package you bought rather
> than using an in house system designed to match the way you had been
> doing your business.

Often it is smarter to change the process than to change the
software.

Software customization is expensive. Initial customization
plus lift of customization when new versions has to be put in.
That is the typical disaster when switching to such packages -
instead of using the package, then the package get
replaced by a custom version of the package.

If the system in question is not the business but just a
system supporting the business, then customization provide
zero extra revenue.

Easy decision.

Arne