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From: Ace on 30 Jul 2010 13:08 On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 17:29:55 +0100, Adie <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: >On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 11:05:51 +0200, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote: >>Well the folk at work have finally decided that we should buy the >>software I was pushing all along, but it's taken such a long time, and >>been so draining, I just can't take much pleasure from it. Besides, >>it's much easier to feel smug when things aren't working because >>they've chosen the wrong product than it is when you're the one who >>has to make the right product work. > >oooh...what did you get? We're currently "evaluating" SAS CDI, given that the existing choice doesn't actually do anything useful, although it's still being prototyped and is expected, by some management at least, to be in 'production' Q1 next year. But it won't. They finally accepted that, contrary to all the bullshit they'd been giving us up until then, there product had no ETL capacity whatsoever. Zero, nada, null. They'd just been ignoring all our ETL requirements as being able to be fulfilled by basic programming, but when we had our ETL Workshop in December, I kinda blew up (50-odd people of all levels) and said that their expectation of using a half-developed, limited-scope, in-house ETL-like tool as part of their product was "not acceptable". That made a few folk sit up and take notice, and they set up a 'Transformation strategy' sub-team which did SFA until Chris took it over in May, then it seemed like an easy cruise to persuade the world that SAS CDI was the only possible solution. Only problem now is that everyone that sees it wants it straight away, and can't see why we're still pushing ahead with the other. We'll get there in time :-} >I hope we don't get the W software too. need to have a chat with Dan >but he doesn't seem in a lot lately. We never did get that TC organised. If you like, why don't you send me a copy of your reqs. and I'll give a more genuine precis of if, or how well, CDC (new name since Phase Forward bought W) would actually work.
From: Catman on 30 Jul 2010 13:37 darsy wrote: > On Jul 30, 10:49 am, ogden <og...(a)pre.org> wrote: >> darsy wrote: > >>> And, similarly, I read Ogden's post as "I want to see Toy Story 3 but >>> not in 3D". >> To clarify, I'm not particularly enthusiastic about seeing it at all, >> but I flat-out refuse to endure it in 3D. > > fair enough. > > I'm going to see The A-Team tomorrow morning, apparently. > I hope you'll be posting your review before I go on Sunday. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: darsy on 30 Jul 2010 14:16 On Jul 30, 6:37 pm, Catman <cat...(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: > darsy wrote: > > On Jul 30, 10:49 am, ogden <og...(a)pre.org> wrote: > >> darsy wrote: > > >>> And, similarly, I read Ogden's post as "I want to see Toy Story 3 but > >>> not in 3D". > >> To clarify, I'm not particularly enthusiastic about seeing it at all, > >> but I flat-out refuse to endure it in 3D. > > > fair enough. > > > I'm going to see The A-Team tomorrow morning, apparently. > > I hope you'll be posting your review before I go on Sunday. oh, close call - apparently we're going to the 12:10 showing on *Sunday*, not tomorrow - I'll post something ASAP. Though I think we can probably decide in advance that "pity the fool who goes to see The A-Team". -- d.
From: Catman on 30 Jul 2010 14:24 darsy wrote: > On Jul 30, 6:37 pm, Catman <cat...(a)rustcuore-sportivo.co.uk> wrote: >> darsy wrote: >>> On Jul 30, 10:49 am, ogden <og...(a)pre.org> wrote: >>>> darsy wrote: >>>>> And, similarly, I read Ogden's post as "I want to see Toy Story 3 but >>>>> not in 3D". >>>> To clarify, I'm not particularly enthusiastic about seeing it at all, >>>> but I flat-out refuse to endure it in 3D. >>> fair enough. >>> I'm going to see The A-Team tomorrow morning, apparently. >> I hope you'll be posting your review before I go on Sunday. > > oh, close call - apparently we're going to the 12:10 showing on > *Sunday*, not tomorrow - I'll post something ASAP. Oooh, that will be close. We'll either be at the 1620 or the 1840. > > Though I think we can probably decide in advance that "pity the fool > who goes to see The A-Team". Odd that. I tend to agree, but I've seen reviews at both ends of the scale of dire to enjoyable hokum. After all, it's not like the original was any great shakes. Fun, yes, but very much a product of its time. -- Catman MIB#14 SKoGA#6 TEAR#4 BOTAFOF#38 Apostle#21 COSOC#3 Tyger, Tyger Burning Bright (Remove rust to reply) 116 Giulietta 3.0l Sprint 1.7 GTV TS GT 3.2 V6 Triumph Sprint ST 1050: It's blue, see. www.cuore-sportivo.co.uk
From: Ace on 30 Jul 2010 15:10
On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:06:20 +0100, Adie <nospam(a)bonwick.me.uk> wrote: >On Fri, 30 Jul 2010 20:51:28 +0200, Ace <b.rogers(a)ifrance.com> wrote: >>That'll fit their marketing model nicely then - persuade the customer >>to buy a product they have no need for by showing solutions to >>problems the user doesn't know they have. > >is that any different to picking the tool cos you had it in your >previous company, regardless of supported architecture and software> Oh right, one of them. You have my sympathies. |