'Course, as my old buddy Michael would always point out to me: What the he.. do I know, eh? 8~) John M Penney Department of Licensing State of Washington Olympia, WA (360)664-1392 (360)586-1919 (Fax) [log in to unmask] "Opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of my employer..." > ---------- > From: Ted Ashton[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Reply To: Ted Ashton > Sent: Wednesday, May 24, 2000 12:11 PM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: Help !!! with alternate Cognos > > Thus it was written in the epistle of Jon Temple, > > I know, I didn't think there was and discussion anymore about > > Powerhouse vs Speedware anymore. Kind of a no brainer how technically > > superior Speedware is. I'm at a shop know where they are stuck with > > Cognos. > > > > We're just looking for a way to bail out of Powerhouse because of > > financial treatment of us. They seem not to care and if you know the > > company, you'd be shocked. > > I am often amused to discover that something which is very obvious to one > person is considered not true by another :-). If I've read this > discussion > correctly, Cognos and Speedware are both incredibly superior to the other, > Cognos and COBOL are likewise mutually superior and Transact beats both > COBOL and Cognos except that it's about the same as COBOL and can't hold a > candle to Cognos :-). > > The only agreement is that Cognos is terribly priced (except that they can > be made to see the light (and, if I hear correctly, have provided user > pricing > which is a lot cheaper)) and that Speedware, which is much cheaper, is > priced > about the same. > > Anyone else confused or is it just me? Appears that a lot of us have > finally > gotten into the pasture with the greener grass and we're still in > different > pastures :-). > > Ted > -- > Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Sys, Southern Adventist University > ========================================================== > Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve > other problems. > -- Descartes, Rene (1596-1650) > ========================================================== > Deep thoughts to be found at http://www.southern.edu/~ashted >