Xiaomu Niu (xniu at mace.cc.purdue.edu) wrote:
: But here is the question: (sorry for the long introduction)
: Can XXXXXX replace YYY completely or nearly? What about speed? It
: seems we have people here running XXXXXX on a Mac SE with a CD-ROM
: happily. If we understand right, ZZZ covers most of YYY's functions,
: and it's available for free.
Without getting involved in judging user interface and affodability,
keep in mind that a central installation ought to provide up-to-date
data in its literal meaning (weekly, for example). You will possibly
have a hard time to get this into PC/Mac based products. Sure you can
paint your restriction maps as nice as you want with any software, but
as soon as external data sets (databases) are involved a centralized,
up-to-date facility is unaviodable. And, Training is usually cheaper
as better resources (including the net) will cope. Last, complexity
and continuity are items which have a high rating in customer's view,
so be careful in moving to another technology unless you made sure that
people can move their data, results, and procedures easily.
Regards
Reinhard Doelz
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