I've said before that I think these discussions are more appropriate at a personal or company level than on the internet. I listed above the main features that I think make Vault Collaboration AEC a pretty great tool, no need to reiterate. Michael has complained that my input here is nothing but sales hype. In an attempt to address both issues, I'll take these conversations offline.
No my complaint was that you took a conversation about VAULT and turned it into a sales presentation for Vault Collaboration AEC.
These conversation are not best held at a company level, as then you have only the salesperson, and your boss (you know the guy that STILL can't figure out paperspace) trying to decide of this product has any use of value to the company.
Lets keep the conversation right here, where one can get both sides of the conversation.
My boss is quite competent with Autocad, is no fool, and isn't easily swayed by smoke and mirrors, and allows me to do all the research before presenting him with the 'nuts and bolts' of how it will work here.
Resellers -do- have a valuable role to play still, as they can have a very strong hands-on experience with how the typical industry works around here, which is a major contributor to software selection. How much do you know about how oilfield works, MJF? Vector Graphics, Inc, in Lafayette, LA, is pretty well knowledgable, knows the trends, and has good feedback from a good number of power users on their success/fail with some software. They can also put me in touch (and have before) with power users in other companies so we can discuss it ourselves.
But I guess that doesn't fit into your private training sales bias.
(u c wut i did thar?)
I'm still waiting to hear if you have any alternate suggestions that would be better than Vault.