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[slugg]

Lotus Notes is, by far, the worst end user facing enterprise application. The UI hasn't been updated since 1993. Companies would save so much money by killing it off and moving everything to SharePoint. Sadly, we still use it for a bunch of our internal stuff

The entire Microsoft suite right now (Office, Sharepoint, Dynamics, Team Foundation) is fucking unbelievable. It's so good! I wish their marketing teams didn't suck.

 

[FelixDeCat]

The entire Microsoft suite right now (Office, Sharepoint, Dynamics, Team Foundation) is fucking unbelievable. It's so good! I wish their marketing teams didn't suck.

Sharepoint? Who still uses that dinosaur?

 

[slugg]

Sharepoint? Who still uses that dinosaur?

You haven't used the latest iteration. It's mind blowing. Show me something better and I'll be impressed.

But I don't blame you for saying that. How could you possibly know that it's so badass when Microsoft's marketing team is a bunch of mouth breathers?

 

[SSSnail]

 

[glenn1]

If you / your business actually had any in-house competence, you would not need consultants in the first place.

I have more sympathy for consultatnts than their clients. It is the poor consultant who has to put up with the 'this-is-how-we-have-always-done-it-here' half-wits.

Why should we hire FTEs to fill a temporary skills / knowlege gap? The business doesn't have and isn't expected to have competency in every single possible area, and having a resource on hand for every contingency is wasteful. Paying a consultant for a couple hundred hours billed time for specialized help often is prudent and a better use of resources.

 

[zanejohnson]

i'm a consultant


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[zanejohnson]

solution to the problem of too much computers is broken and not enuffs money for IT



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[xeemzor]

Stopped reading right there. Its IBM Notes, you silly consultant! :biggrin:

My splash screen still says "IBM Lotus Notes" but we are only on version 7. Either way, it is still horrendous.

The entire Microsoft suite right now (Office, Sharepoint, Dynamics, Team Foundation) is fucking unbelievable. It's so good! I wish their marketing teams didn't suck.

Microsoft is where you want to be right now for enterprise software(ES) with the exception of CRM, and HR. Once they get those squared away the whole package will be insanely good for the price. The level of integration and ease of programming is simply unheard of elsewhere.

One of the biggest issues with ES is sustainability. Companies like Sage and Infor make decent products, but they don't have the R&D capability or bankroll that Microsoft does. Microsoft has the resources to compete on price and functionality AND you know they are never going out of business. It's only a matter of time before they lose market share. S&P and Oracle are still the huge ERP players but don't have near the market momentum and mainly rely on support contracts to survive. BI is the next big market but it is in it's infancy right now.

It's a shame that the marketing sucks as bad as it does at Microsoft. Maybe they should partner with Apple to make the software seem white, shiny, and cool?

That reminds me, I need to get back to my firings for the day