tom@stiatl.UUCP (Tom Wiencko) (08/30/89)
I have a client who is contemplating buying an RT to run a wholesale distribution/ manufacturer's rep. business. The problem is that they are not totally satisfied with the software they have seen to date. Does anybody out there have any experience with, or know any good or bad things about any wholesale distribution software? I'd really appreciate hearing any comments good and bad, and if anybody has any real success stories I would really like to hear from you. Please followup via email. If I get enough responses, I'll summarize them here. Thanks! Tom -- Tom Wiencko (w) (404) 977-4515 gatech!stiatl!tom Wiencko & Associates, Inc.
buck@siswat.UUCP (A. Lester Buck) (08/31/89)
In article <6695@stiatl.UUCP>, tom@stiatl.UUCP (Tom Wiencko) writes: > I have a client who is contemplating buying an RT to run a wholesale > distribution/ manufacturer's rep. business. The problem is that they are > not totally satisfied with the software they have seen to date. > -- > Tom Wiencko (w) (404) 977-4515 > gatech!stiatl!tom Wiencko & Associates, Inc. I understand you are trying to look for better software, but why, oh why, are you allowing your client to pick the machine first, then look for software? That is one of the classic mistakes in computing. Unless they already have an RT, you should be looking for the best package that runs on any machine in that class. -- A. Lester Buck ...!texbell!moray!siswat!buck
tom@stiatl.UUCP (Tom Wiencko) (09/02/89)
In article <447@siswat.UUCP> buck@siswat.UUCP (A. Lester Buck) writes: >>In article <6695@stiatl.UUCP>, tom@stiatl.UUCP (Tom Wiencko) writes: >>> I have a client who is contemplating buying an RT to run a wholesale >>> distribution/ manufacturer's rep. business. The problem is that they are >>> not totally satisfied with the software they have seen to date. >> >>Unless they already have an RT, you should be looking for the best >>package that runs on any machine in that class. >> Normally, I agree with you. However, this client is only interested in IBM hardware, and I am not under any circumstances going to propose an AS/400 to them (for reasons I can't go into here). In the mid-range, this pretty much limits me to the RT. I don't like the idea too much, but these are the parameters with which I have to contend. Tom -- Tom Wiencko (w) (404) 977-4515 gatech!stiatl!tom Wiencko & Associates, Inc.