Bring Back Client/Server
Posted On: 12/15/2006
This past Christmas a friend gave me one of those
unbearably cool iPods. The problem was that I
didn't have one single computer (out of seven) with
FireWire, which is needed to talk to the iPod. So, I set
out to upgrade my laptop and my home desktop.
Then, I realized that my desktop was a dual Pentium
(yes, Pentium) 166 with 128MB running NT 4.0
Workstation. So, I returned most of the upgrade
equipment, and bought a new case, motherboard
and CPU and built a new computer. Oh, and I
upgraded both boxes to Windows 2000 (I'm still leery
of XP).
I hope I've proved my point. I'm a geek. I buy things
and do things just because the technology is cool.
Having worked with PeopleSoft 8.4 for the last year, I
realize that I am not alone.
When I first started in the PeopleSoft consulting
space, it was 1994. The scandal was Whitewater and
greed was all the rage. Tools was 3.2, Financials was
2.2, and the icon for Record Editor was an LP. I
started doing engagements for PeopleSoft, like GL
benchmarks for prospective customers. This activity
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