Re: For those moving off BPCS

Surely if they are moving up from V4R5 to V5R2 and the new hardware
(810/825) they will be moving DOWN a tier, not up.

Clare

Clare Holtham
Director, Small Blue Ltd - Archiving for BPCS
Web: www.smallblue.co.uk
IBM Certified AS/400 Systems Professional
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Statt Craig" <stattcraig@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "SSA's BPCS ERP System" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 7:16 PM
Subject: Re: For those moving off BPCS


> Actually, I do not know enough about BPCS to bash them.    I have a client
> that is running BPCS.
>
> Their problem is that they need to move from a P20 system to P30 and are
> going to hit with new licensing costs.  In addition to moving them from
> these two systems this client is going to be moving from v4r5 to v5r2.
> The question I would like to know is how do we do this that is best for
him.
> My management suggests moving to VAI.  I was hoping for feedback from
> somebody who knows enough about VAI and (of course) BPCS to give me some
> insite.
>
> Didn't mean to cause a stire.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris Devous" <cdevous@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "SSA's BPCS ERP System" <bpcs-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 12:41 PM
> Subject: Re: For those moving off BPCS
>
>
> > >From the description on the website:
> >
> > "[BPCS-L] is devoted to the discussion of topics related to System
> Software
> > Associates' (SSA's) Business Planning and Control System (BPCS). We can
> > generally concede that topics involving AS/Set, ODW, and BPCS 'bolt-ons'
> are
> > acceptable. Discussion of other software products as they relate to
> interfacing with
> > BPCS is fine. Discussion of hardware platforms as they relate to BPCS is
> fine as
> > well, but do not attempt to promote one platform over another.
Discussion
> of platform
> > strengths and weaknesses is allowed."
> >
> > I would say that moving off of BPCS is a topic related to BPCS, and
> therefore fair
> > game.
> >
> > --Chris
> >
> >
> > On 6 Aug 2003 at 16:47, Sally Bosman wrote:
> >
> > > Correct me if I'm wrong - but I thought this was meant to be a BPCS
List
> ...
> > > not an anti-BPCS list?!
> > >
> > > Sally
> > >
> >
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