Reader Feedback On Where In The World Is Web Query?
November 26, 2012 Hey, Dan
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Regarding your recent Web Query article: I think one of the big impediments of the QU2 Web Query product is that it was not what a lot of customers were wanting. Most of the customers that I deal with are in small-to-medium shops that do not have a deep bench of IT people and skills. (One of the main selling points of IBM i is the ease of administration, of course). What they were really wanting was basically QU1 Query with a simple web interface to build queries and, more importantly, make basic web (well Intranet) reports and Excel tables. Instead, they got a much more powerful animal, but also much more complex. If only they had made QU1.5, rather than the QU2 Web Query product, I think you’d see a lot more enthusiasm for the product. As it is, if the shop has the skills to really use QU2, well . . . they’re probably already doing it with SQL (and probably on another system). –Kevin RELATED STORIES Where In The World Is Web Query? Michigan LUG Members Face Reality-Based Web Query Training Big Blue Slashes DB2 Web Query Prices–Again Big Blue Chops DB2 Web Query, Jacks BRMS and Fax Server Prices Info Builders Unveils New Solutions at User Conference
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