I visited the WD Partners site and observed the firm is a multidisciplinary
organization involved in three market sectors where collaboration
technologies are proving themselves invaluable.
I believed and continue to believe that A/E/C organizations using AutoDesk's
software should know about the existing and emerging benefits of Microsoft's
2003 platform and product releases as they relate to the benefits of portals
and collaborative technologies.
Each firm has to conduct their own due diligence and decide when to
become involved and to which extent. Note I said 'when' not 'if' as the
fee structures you provide are peanuts compared to the kind of revenues
that will be won or lost by those adopting or ignoring the emerging
technologies.
The article "Blueprint For Change" [1] does not get explicit but it does
indicate that change is in process and I agree. I don't think the article
provided the coverage that this topic will continue to generate but again,
I do think it is a timely expression of what is occurring and hints at what
is already in progress. Especially with regard to coordination which must
be a significant problem at WD Partners.
[1]
http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17500908
I can't say I entirely refute your point of view but I do see arguments that
focus on price while ignoring the cost of doing business to be the same
as those that were used to hedge and avoid adopting the use of CAD.
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<%= Clinton Gallagher
A/E/C Consulting, Web Design, e-Commerce Software Development
Wauwatosa, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin USA
NET csgallagher@REMOVETHISTEXTmetromilwaukee.com
URL http://www.metromilwaukee.com/clintongallagher/
"Matt Stachoni" wrote in message
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>
> I still have no idea why you would suggest that Stephanie's company
> should have to - at a minimum:
>
> (a) Upgrade all CAD machines to Office Professional 2003, at a cost of
> - at minimum - $300/seat as an upgrade (~$500 for a new license). Note
> that to use SharePoint Services, you need the Professional version of
> Office, not the Small Business Edition;
>
> (b) Purchase Windows Sharepoint Portal Server, at a cost of $5,619 US
> for the server and 5 CALs, plus an additional $71 for each additional
> user or device;
>
> (c) Purchase and install Windows Server 2003 ($999 w/5 CALs, $40 for
> each additional CAL). Note that SPS does not run on NT or Windows 2000
> server;
>
> (d) Possibly purchase a new server to host Win2K3 and it's
> accompanying MS SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE). IOW, you don't
> want this running on an existing fileserver.
>
> (e) Pay someone to plan, install and implement Win2K3, MSDE, SPS and
> Windows Sharepoint Services, without compromising their existing IT
> infastructure;
>
> (f) Pay someone to further customize SPS to handle AutoCAD details;
>
> (g) If required, edit those many CAD details to contain the required
> information that could "plug into" SPS;
>
> When you can efficiently manage the existing detail libraries with
> simple, free tools.
>
> It's like recommending decapitation as a cure for dandruff.
>
>
> Matt
> mstachoni@comcast.net
> mstachoni@bhhtait.com
>
> On Wed, 4 Feb 2004 22:28:55 -0600, "clintonG"
> wrote:
>
> >These SharePoint Portal Server reviews fell into my inbox this
> >evening making it easy to provide for review
> >
> >http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1486199,00.asp
> >http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1372130,00.asp
>
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