Re: [foxboro] Why is I/A on Windows and not on Unix anymore?
- From: David Johnson <drjohn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2007 09:05:33 -0500
Dear Marcel,
Yeah, I know.
I've given up and accepted that the windows=20
platform is the future and this is how it is.
Of course there should be a trail of dead=20
engineers leading to the purchasing dept. door,=20
but that's another story. Just once I wish=20
there was a conversation like this.
Engineer: "You know, I use Quicken at home, and a=20
lot of people know it, it does accounting stuff=20
right? You guys have to use Quicken for everything from now on."
Purchasing:"That would never work, we run a large=20
multinational corporation. Everything has to=20
work together. Quicken could never do everything we need."
Engineer:"Well the Quicken salesman said they=20
were working on an enterprise edition, it's going=20
to be in Beta in a couple of months, so it will be OK."
Purchasing:"It will never work! We'd have to=20
more than double the staff, learn something new,=20
use it in ways it was never intended to be used,=20
and it still won't do what we need."
Engineer:"Look, it's a de-facto standard, we're=20
not adding staff, we're cutting yours by 10%. We=20
can't keep making record profits if you guys=20
aren't team players. This stuff is supposed to be=20
easier to use, so quit whining and get to it."
Purchasing:"We won't do it, we'll quit."
Engineer:"Yeah(in the Lumberg voice). I already=20
talked to the CEO, and he mentioned outsourcing your whole department.
Purchasing:"OK"
But we know that'll never happen.
Regards,
David
At 11:11 AM 7/4/2007, you wrote:
>Hi list,
>Here's an extract from a document that forms a general
>requirement to all DCS vendors for one of our customers:
>
> >Configuring (programming) the PCS for control loops,
> >cntrol strategies, controller tuning, mathematical functions,
> >table formats, trend displays, graphic displays, reports
> >or any other standard function shall be possible using a
> >standard Microsoft Windows PC and Microsoft file formats.
>
>I'll not disclose the name of the customer here, but it's
>symptomatic for the market. That's why Unix is not the
>preferred OS anymore for our products. And the tech
>people "have to eat the soup" (german saying) resulting
>out of this.
>
>Best regards -
>
>Marcel Sieling
>Senior Application Consultant
>
>Invensys Systems GmbH
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>Germany
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>http://www.foxboro-deutschland.de
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