Comments on: Would you trust a mechanic with decades-old tools?

By: Wes Trochlil

Wes Trochlil — Mon, 14 May 2012 20:01:20 +0000

In reply to Sherri Gaines. No argument here.

By: Sherri Gaines

Sherri Gaines — Mon, 14 May 2012 19:59:43 +0000

Wes, that’s fair. I just think cleaning up your data should come prior to switching back-end applications.

By: Wes Trochlil

Wes Trochlil — Sun, 13 May 2012 23:45:51 +0000

In reply to Sherri Gaines. Sherri, I agree with everything you wrote. AND if an association's data IS bad, they should clean it up. But bad data is hardly an excuse for using old tools.

By: Sherri Gaines

Sherri Gaines — Sun, 13 May 2012 22:12:50 +0000

Wes, times have changed. The associations front-end is the most important component of an AMS system. A lot of times if the associations data is not clean then doesn’t make sense for an association to change their backend. After all, it will not make their staff more efficient because the data is bad. Switching AMS systems is costly and time consuming.

By: Wes Trochlil

Wes Trochlil — Thu, 10 May 2012 16:02:32 +0000

In reply to Dave Janes. No question about it. The new tools have to serve a purpose, and "because they're new" doesn't count!

By: Dave Janes

Dave Janes — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:19:55 +0000

All true enough, but I also have relatives who are farmers that are growing corn and raising hogs profitably while using 1970’s era farm machinery and F-150s. You need to walk a line between new for the sake of being new, and new because it is useful. (Those old machines do have GPS and cell phone chargers added, for instance.)