This video is a sad but true description of how my current project struggled to implement a system using a COTS solution.
https://youtu.be/HjQxKozZ_dA
https://youtu.be/HjQxKozZ_dA
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"I spent 90% of my money on women and drink. The rest I wasted" George Best - 1946 - 2005 -
you contracting to my bunch?
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Oh yes. COTS. I make a good living sorting out COTS. The customer always believes the rubbish the salesman tells them.
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
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Yep. I fix them after the consultancy / consultancies have screwed things up.Originally posted by cojak View PostOh yes. COTS. I make a good living sorting out COTS. The customer always believes the rubbish the salesman tells them.
It's always fun when the conversation begins Microsoft recommended....merely at clientco for the entertainmentComment
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I particularly admire OOTB sales. Every service management tool pushes this and I always dance a little jig knowing it will take me twice as long to unravel the customer's requirements than if they had got me in at the beginning.
"I can put any old tat in my sig, put quotes around it and attribute to someone of whom I've heard, to make it sound true."
- Voltaire/Benjamin Franklin/Anne Frank...Comment
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Given that we are now in 2016 why are there people employed to make these decisions who seem to struggle to differentiate between an etch-a-sketch and an I-pad.
Been doing IT projects for approx. 20 years now and I have seen projects fail so badly simply due to the fact the software simply cannot do what the business wants without completely bending it out of shape.Comment
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because a lot of the time they want to bend it out of shape for 1% of actual use.Originally posted by original PM View Post
Instead of getting 99% working they focus on the 1% that they aren't making any money out of anyway.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Nowt I can't do with Excel and my 1998 VB6 student edition. Could knock up a Europe wide security system in hours.bloggoth
If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'
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@OP
Your display pic is quite concerning ...
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your dad had a bike?Originally posted by FatLazyContractor View PostYour display pic is quite concerning ...Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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