[Info-vax] What does VMS get used for, these days?

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 10/24/2022 6:56 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> On 10/24/22 16:42, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> It may make sense to pay for a custom solution tailored for
>> specific needs.
> 
> Sites like the University already had this.  Developed over many
> years and lots of man hours.
> 
>> It may make sense to go for a standard solution and use it
>> the standard way.
> 
> Why would that make sense if you already had (and had paid for)
> the working solution your going to replace?

The model where you pay X to develop an application
and you use that for decades for zero annual cost
is not a common model.

A way more common model is to pay X to develop an application
and then every year pay Y to maintain and enhance the application
to meet new requirements.

With Y being 10-30% of X. Over the life cycle of the application
the maintenance cost are way higher than the initial development.

Reducing that maintenance cost can make sense.

>> What I am skeptical about is the approach of taking a standard
>> solution and do extreme customization.
> 
> I doubt any of them allow "extreme" customization.

What do you call an ERP "customization" with a price tag
of 3 digit M$?

:-)

>> That sort of defies the point of the standard solution.
> 
> The big question is why even consider a "standard solution" if you
> already had a perfectly functioning system specific to your environment?

A perfectly functioning system for yesterdays requirements
not for tomorrows.

Arne