Requirements (summary)
As soon as possible, post a reservation for the software system you are going to research. By Sunday night, answer five questions on your chosen software system. By Tuesday night comment on another students work.  By Wednesday night, respond to any comments on your work.
Details
As soon as possible, select one of the eight threads in this Discussion that has not yet been selected by one of your fellow students and post a "reservation" message to indicate that you will research the  software system identified in that thread.
By Sunday, answer the following five questions in the thread you have chosen.
1. Where does your chosen software system run on the Network Computing Diagram (Figure 13-10 in the textbook)? You can see a copy of the diagram here. Hint: Your software system will run on the database server, the application server, the web server, or the client PC.
2. What does this software system do? (What are its major features?)
3. What are the major strengths and weaknesses of your chosen software system?
4. What are the competing software systems? (What other software systems are available that have basically the same set features)
5. Suppose you just became the Information Technology Executive at a small (100 person) consulting company. You are going to build a time reporting and client billing system.  Would you just the product that you just researched?  Why or why not?
By Tuesday, select one of the eight threads where you want to make a comment. Here are some questions you can think about when preparing your comment. The questions are designed to help you think about your comment.  You don’t have to use the questions.
Do you agree with the decision on whether or not to use the software system at the small consulting company?  
Would you have done something else? 
Do you have experience with the software system? What is your experience with it? Do you want to tell us about additional strengths and weaknesses of this software system.
Do you agree or disagree with the location chosen by your fellow student? (the database server, the application server, the web server, or the client PC) 
On Wednesday, answer any comments that have been made on your work if necessary. Feel free to make further comments in any thread.