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Re: <PLUG> Looking for QUIZ ONLY Candidates
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Gary Sielaff <[log in to unmask]>
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Gary Sielaff <[log in to unmask]>
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Fri, 6 Jul 2001 14:00:28 -0700
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what he said
gary
moses lake

----- Original Message -----
From: "Shahan, Ray" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 1:35 PM
Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] <PLUG> Looking for QUIZ ONLY Candidates


> Ken,
>
>         having seen and used both QUIZ and DATANOW, I feel compelled to
> point out that your statement:
>
>         "By moving to DataNOW!, HP e3000 users can get away from the
Cognos
> pricing
>         issues and also (IMO) obtain a better report writer that allows
the
> average
>         user to be able to look at the data within their IMAGE databases
on
> their
>         own and possibly produce their own reports instead of having to
> become a
>         QUIZ expert."
>
>         has a very misleading point.  While you can escape the *&^%$#
COGNOS
> pricing issue, DATANOW is, from my experience, not any easier to use for
an
> end-user than QUIZ is...in both cases, the end-user has to become an
> 'expert' at something that they'd rather not deal with.
>
>         DATANOW also shares a very special quality <<or pain>> with
> QUIZ...the ability to bring a machine to its knees with little to no
effort
> on the part of the end-users.
>
>         Ray Shahan
>
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ken Paul [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Friday, July 06, 2001 3:06 PM
> > To:   [log in to unmask]
> > Subject:      <PLUG> Looking for QUIZ ONLY Candidates
> >
> > Everyone,
> >
> > As I stated yesterday, I would be posting a follow-up to my Cognos
Survey
> > Results that may explain better why I did the survey in the first place.
> >
> > The answer is that I have begun a process of converting QUIZ reports to
> > another Report Writer that is available on the HP e3000 known as
DataNOW!
> > which is owned and distributed by Idaho Computer Services and was
formerly
> > owned by CosmoSoft.
> >
> > By moving to DataNOW!, HP e3000 users can get away from the Cognos
pricing
> > issues and also (IMO) obtain a better report writer that allows the
> > average
> > user to be able to look at the data within their IMAGE databases on
their
> > own and possibly produce their own reports instead of having to become a
> > QUIZ expert.
> >
> > So I am looking for those users who may have or just use QUIZ only in
> > their
> > day to day operations so that I can use them as a pilot project to see
if
> > the idea is even marketable in the HPe3000 arena.
> >
> > So if you are interested, just reply back to me (instead of the list) or
> > give me a call and we can discuss your particular case.
> >
> > Thanks for your time,
> >
> > Ken
> >
> > Ken Paul
> > Independent Consultant
> > [log in to unmask]
> > (303) 694-0920
> >
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