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Windows Networking Who Said

It Was Easy?

by Hugh Butler

If yo u've re c e i ved email fro m

make  me  happier  than  to  say

me since 1996, you may have

that  Wi n d ows  networking  is

noticed  my  signature  state 

our job and we'll do it well for a

ment,  If it was easy, anybody

price  you  can  afford.  But,  the

could  do  it,   now  changed  to

solution  is  to  have  an  onsite

the more grammatically corre c t

n e t w o rk expert whose job is to

  If  it  we re  easy,  anyone  could

implement network i n g .

do it.  The point  remains  the

same: really worthwhile things

The only way you could have

a re usually rare and difficult.

a  one phone  call  solution

would be to   dumb dow n  the

But  is  that  the  message  for

technology to ye s t e rd a y's leve l s ,

Di rector  4  and  your  Me rc u ry

f o rcing you to choose only our

Migration Pathway?  Did yo u r

s o f t w a re,  only  our  hard w a re ,

c redit  union  technology  part 

only our solutions, to  m i m i c 

ner throw you into the maw of

our  environment  exactly.  And,

the Mi c rosoft machine expect 

tough as the decision was for us

ing  you  to  be  ground  into

to  make,  we  know  your  tech 

high tech  hamburger?  Is   s i t e

nology future has  c h o i c e  writ 

e x p e rt   just  another  name  for

ten all over it. For us to jealous 

 rip off  art i s t ?  NO,  it  isn't .

ly  guard  our  unique  position

He re is an exception to my sig 

with  you  would  be  an  ethical

n a t u re  statement.  CCCorp  is

crime as well as an illogical one. 

h e re  to  support  you  as  yo u

make the worthwhile upgrade.

None of the vendors who are

The  process  is  NOT  rare and

touting  their  one phone call

d i f f i c u l t !

solutions  have  such  a  situation

for themselves. Eve ry adva n c e d

You may have heard us talk

office  today  uses  a  variety  of

about   blue  guys   (a.k.a.   s i t e

h a rd w a re and software compo 

e x p e rt s  or  IT pro f e s s i o n a l s  )

nents, which make sense for the

and the whole issue of how yo u

mission  of  the  company  and

a re  going  to  get  a  Wi n d ow s

individuals  who  operate  in  it.

n e t w o rk installed and operational in yo u r

Your technology future

  Mix and match  gives your system scope

c redit union. (One manager and her assis 

and  reach  and  alternatives,  all  of  which

has  choice  written all

tant once serenaded me on the telephone

make  for  a  more  powe rful  information

with their song,  We don't want to be blue

over it.

technology than ever before affordable by

ladies. ) In c re a s i n g l y, you will  hear  fro m

But  surely  none  of  our  ve ry  intelligent

any small office in history.

competitors, (taking ruthless advantage of

clients  would  fall  for  that  line  without

your apparent distress,) who will tell yo u

making a phone call or two themselves to

Fifty  Di rector  4  and  two  Me rc u ry

they  still  offer   t u r n k e y   solutions  that

see just what the reality of such pro m i s e s

clients  we re  recently  surve yed  to  answe r

include  hard w a re  sales,  installation,  and

becomes after the sale. 

the fundamental question:  How is life in

maintenance.  They  will  say  something

the   blue   world  of  Wi n d ows,  network s

like,   Why  go  through  this  blue  pain?

Yes, the upgrade will re q u i re more than

and site experts?  A majority said that the

Dump  these  Computer  Consultants

a one phone call solution. You will need

Wi n d ows  2000  or  NT  4.0  servers  we re

beasts and relax in the arms of a ve n d o r

an  onsite  network  expert.  Let  me  assure

m o re reliable  than  CDOS,  that the  per 

who promises one phone call solutions. 

you,  we  feel  your  pain.  Nothing  would

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