[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 8/3/2021 12:59 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 8/3/2021 10:53 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Yeah, and tomorrow Amazon will stop offering free shipping.  And the 
> next day there may not be an Amazon.

You decided to cut the text:

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

Well - delivery is a key part of Amazon business, but they will
also have a bunch of support systems.

Arne