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<DIV><STRONG>I'm standing in the station with a train ticket in my hand when the lights go out. A very distinct possibility. Walter put it better than anybody ever has. <BR><BR>Wayne Smith fp acct: 4998, yes its 17 years old <BR>Port Orange, Florida <BR><BR></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><BR>In a message dated 7/27/2005 8:58:59 AM Eastern Standard Time, wvaughan@steelerubber.com writes:</DIV>
<DIV><BR>Brian K. White wrote:</DIV>
<DIV><BR>> I don't actually run into "can't do that" too often. So <BR>> *shrug* inertia I guess.<BR><BR>Are you running into industry wide integration of your applications with your <BR>customer's competitors and trading partners?<BR><BR>I am. And as a end user developer it really sucks.<BR><BR>No longer it's about writing a report in seconds, or creating automation.<BR><BR>It's all about integration.<BR><BR>Talking to black boxes.<BR>Talking to applications.<BR><BR>Right about now I feel that I am standing in a pretty nice clean train station <BR>with nice restaurants and gadget stores galore, however a train is pulling away <BR>from the station, and I'm not sure if I should be on that train or not. In the <BR>back of my mind, I have a haunting feeling that I can stay at the station for <BR>just a short time longer till someone turns off the power, and then I'm going to <BR>be standing in the dark.<BR><BR>--<BR>Walter</DIV></BODY></HTML>