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i guess not always..redux

Fri, 12 Sep 2003 08:39:21 -0400

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i guess not always..redux

Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:49:44 -0400

But should they? An interesting question indeed. If you want to break the >framework, why buy it in the first place? Sometimes things like these are >business decisions, and sometimes shortcuts, twists and tweaks are just...

I guess not always

Thu, 11 Sep 2003 12:07:02 -0400

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Software delusions...

Wed, 10 Sep 2003 09:22:14 -0400

i disagree with you Frank. i've been there before, as one of these high dollar consultants and these consulting service fees are a total waste of time. more often than not, the developers looking for advice from the product experts have more knowledge...

Differentiating between Assessment and Sales Pitch

Wed, 10 Sep 2003 08:34:22 -0400

"I would say that assessment services shoulld not be free."...

Differentiating between Assessment and Sales Pitch

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:56:01 -0400

Wille, I concur that if you have an on-going relationship with say Accenture, CGEY etc, then these should be able to provide any services that BEA. No doubt. ...

kewords - business and integration

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:55:12 -0400

Well, if you can find me people that can perfectly understand the customers business, demands and needs, and then come up with the perfect masterplan on how to solve it, all in 3-5 days, have them give me a call! I think I could get them jobs at at least...

BEA Trying to Beef Up Services

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:35:50 -0400

By the way, these numbers didn't seem that far out of line compared to IBM's numbers....

BEA Trying to Beef Up Services

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:27:07 -0400

If you're going to bust their balls, at least have the moral decency to use actual prices, not some made-up garbage. (I'm not saying your opinion is wrong or right, but making up numbers to make them look bad is really lousy.)...

Who controls the budget?

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:13:28 -0400

I'm wondering of the three people that posted replies which one of them has $21,000 in spending authority?...

kewords - business and integration

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:13:01 -0400

I personally have seen millions go down the drain while someone tried to figure out how to set up 4 unix machines. BEA has been there done that for most any type of deployment, integration, or implementation from scratch. Sometimes you have to spend...

Former?!#@

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 15:10:44 -0400

"Former Director"

Who's going to play Tom Cruise at the next eWorld?!

I hate the idea that you've left BEA.

-Frank

BEA Trying to Beef Up Services

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 14:59:15 -0400

Hi Corby,...

Hmmmmmmm

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 14:48:39 -0400

"It may take a couple of months to come up with a good deployment strategy / architecture. How many consultants can actually provide truly useful information / analysis in 3 days?"...

Who controls the budget?

Tue, 09 Sep 2003 14:43:36 -0400

I am not opposing the "paying a premium", quality does cost. My point is: that if you have an on-going relationship with say Accenture, CGEY etc, then these should be able to provide any services that BEA provides regarding what a customer...