freejde
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Hello list!
Long time lurker, first time poster.
There are a couple of situations and rumors flying around that I wanted to see if anyone else had experienced.
1. A buddy of mine, an IS director for a World company received a call from a business partner where he was told that if they did not start their migration to OneWorld by March 31st, that they would have to pay for OneWorld as if they were a new customer. Needless to say, he was a bit miffed.
2. Heard a rumor around from different companies, and I have to say that I have actually experienced a very close situation myself. It is that JDE is making a concerted effort to squash all independent consulting activity in the marketplace to boost rates back up. They are going to do this by telling customers that if they use anyone other than JDE or a business partner to work on their system, that their warranty will be invalidated. Again, I have experienced these tactics by a client manager already.
Is this how things are panning out? Reverting to scare tactics to sell services? I know that the latter would be a HUGE mistake to continue with legally, but maybe it is just a coincidence of the rumor matching my experience.
I don't want to get everyones hackles raised, but this has been eating away at me for a while, and this is the only truly open unbiased forum where I can voice my concerns.
Would love to hear from anyone that can substantiate or quash this ugly thing!
Tom Barrachet
Sorry - haven't got my configuration yet!
Long time lurker, first time poster.
There are a couple of situations and rumors flying around that I wanted to see if anyone else had experienced.
1. A buddy of mine, an IS director for a World company received a call from a business partner where he was told that if they did not start their migration to OneWorld by March 31st, that they would have to pay for OneWorld as if they were a new customer. Needless to say, he was a bit miffed.
2. Heard a rumor around from different companies, and I have to say that I have actually experienced a very close situation myself. It is that JDE is making a concerted effort to squash all independent consulting activity in the marketplace to boost rates back up. They are going to do this by telling customers that if they use anyone other than JDE or a business partner to work on their system, that their warranty will be invalidated. Again, I have experienced these tactics by a client manager already.
Is this how things are panning out? Reverting to scare tactics to sell services? I know that the latter would be a HUGE mistake to continue with legally, but maybe it is just a coincidence of the rumor matching my experience.
I don't want to get everyones hackles raised, but this has been eating away at me for a while, and this is the only truly open unbiased forum where I can voice my concerns.
Would love to hear from anyone that can substantiate or quash this ugly thing!
Tom Barrachet
Sorry - haven't got my configuration yet!