From: FatButterfly@lists.dynapolis.com on behalf of Andrew White [awhite2@ix.netcom.com] Sent: Monday, October 01, 2001 9:46 AM To: Fat Butterfly DTE Forum Subject: RE: [FB] Ariba buyer problem Anyone see this story about auctions? Here is the article from Jim Ericson at Line56: http://www.line56.com/articles/default.asp?NewsID=2962 Seems like Mike Hogan at POET has had some fun in the last week discussing pro and con of auctions (and their derivatives). Seems like the logical, rational thing is to assume that auctions would "appear" good for one party (the buyer in the general sense) or other (the seller in the case of a reverse auction). So what I say. Why not get rid of the auction process - period? Can we? Does it serve a useful function? Sure does. In some cases. Is it tied to RFP/RFQ etc? Maybe. Sometimes. Not always. Is "auction" a "best practice" for a dominant supply chain? No way. Never. Does "auction" service the needs for indirect as well as direct materials? Not cleanly in the case of direct. So why has it taken folk this long to "get it"? Since this is an argumentative email, why not attack the heart of the catalog why were are at it. Do we think that "catalog" is a critical function? Does "catalog" improve, or bypass "auction". Do they overlap? Is "catalog" as important for direct as well as indirect materials? I have an opinion, of course. Anyone care to joust? Dark Lord -----Original Message----- From: FatButterfly@lists.dynapolis.com [mailto:FatButterfly@lists.dynapolis.com] On Behalf Of P Ghosh Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 11:18 PM To: Fat Butterfly DTE Forum Subject: Re: [FB] Ariba buyer problem If Ariba is using plugins, depending what version of IE you're using, you may have problems.... IE 5.5 SP2 and above (i.e. IE 6.0) does not support Netscape style plugins. This was a deliberate decision made by Microsoft. If this is the case, Ariba needs to make the necessary modifications to make sure its application works with IE. Partho Ghosh President & CEO Knowledge Industries, Inc. 304 Newbury Street Boston, MA 02115 Tel: (617) 266 8076 Fax: (617) 266 4009 permanent email: pghosh@alum.mit.edu Jose Antonio Sanz wrote: >Hi, > I have some problems using SSL security with Internet Explorer Browser to login into Enterprise Manager ( Ariba Buyer tool ). Ariba answer is that I must use Netscape in any case. Really I donīt see this defect in Ariba Documentation. Can any one provide information about it? -------------------------- This discussion forum is sponsored by Dynapolis Internet Services . Web-based archives are at: http://forums.nmm.com To unsubscribe, send an email to: fatbutterfly-off@lists.dynapolis.com Questions: listmaster@dynapolis.com --------------------------