Hello All, In my mind cost reigns supreme on this issue. I think my managers understand that control systems do not have an ROI but have a hard time understanding why we have to spend so much for one. Here is another side to the Microsoft dilemma they know that PC's are getting cheaper/faster all the time, the control system is looking more like a PC but not getting any cheaper. Couple that with the fact that the most reliable control system we will ever have is the one we've already got makes it a hard sell. Thanks Tom Lemieux -----Original Message----- From: Johnson, Alex (Foxboro) [mailto:ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 5:01 PM To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [foxboro] Can't figure out a way to justify it. I wish I had the key to offering something that would drive replacements. So, what would justify an upgrade in the minds of you folks - short of the "rip it out because we have a new system and won't support our existing one" that some vendors use. I'd really appreciate your thoughts on what would drive the brownfield sites to upgrade. Regards, Alex Johnson Invensys Process Systems Invensys Systems, Inc. 10707 Haddington Houston, TX 77043 713.722.2859 (voice) 713.722.2700 (switchboard) 713.932.0222 (fax) ajohnson@xxxxxxxxxxx _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave This email has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Webshield E500. _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: http://www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave