Re: Windows Version of BPCS -- BPCS-L

Dear Davide,

I fully understand your need to defend SSA - I worked in Frimley (UK) for 4years - but how about a little honesty here...

You only need to access the OGS site and look at the date difference betweena BMR being available for AS400 and Unix in order to realize where theresources are allocated!!!


To make it clear to everybody (working from my memory):

SSA generated a version of BPCS that ran on Windows (NT) with an Informixdatabase. Actually is was exactly the same as the Unix version forInformix - so no magic there...

SSA used to implement all BMRs from Vxx automatically into all supportedversions and on all supported platforms. Now this is only done if someone onVyy/platformxx escalates the issue.

As SSA has - from ERP LX (BPCS V8.3) - given up using ASSET they haveeffectively scrapped the dream of being "multi-platform" and we are allexpected to use AS400/ISeries/P5.

So - as SSA are implementing all new BMRs by manually changing the RPG codegenerated by ASSET - you can easily estimate the expected time for a BMR tobe fixed on your V6.1.00...


Kind regards
Bent Nielsen

message: 4
date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 16:08:06 +0200
from: "Davide Roveda" <Davide.Roveda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: [BPCS-L] Windows Version of BPCS

Al,

You are right that Iseries is core for BPCS, but before say:

Also it is for VERY SMALL firms
* 99% of the companies using BPCS do so on AS/400/iSeries
--> You should have access to SSA numbers, for APJ especially.

it does not get much support compared to AS/400 iSeries
--> Any BMR completed on OGS, where present NT / UX version, also UX / NTBMR are available
This is not for dispute, only to clarify.

Thanks

D

-----Original Message-----
From: bpcs-l-bounces+davide.roveda=ssaglobal.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx[mailto:bpcs-l-bounces+davide.roveda=ssaglobal.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On BehalfOf Al Mac
Sent: marted? 4 luglio 2006 17.40
To: SSA's BPCS ERP System
Subject: Re: [BPCS-L] Windows Version of BPCS

Aside from the versions of BPCS that split functionality between AS/400
server and Windows client (NOT mixed mode)

It is my understanding that
* BPCS has a version that runs on Windows, but it does not get muchsupport
compared to AS/400 iSeries, so it might not work on all versions of
Windows. Also it is for VERY SMALL firms, in terms of # of userspractical
* BPCS has a version that runs on some versions of UNIX, that gets more
support than the Windows version but not as much as the AS/400 iSeries
version, so they may have more problems.  There are also some difficulties
intercommunicating on this list, since the interfaces are so different
* 99% of the companies using BPCS do so on AS/400/iSeries, and that'swhere
the support and enhancements mainly is
If you are seriously interested in having an ERP in the Windows OS, youarebetter off going with a competitor of SSA whose primary product focus isto
support their Windows based ERP.
Hi All,



Do we have a windows version of BPCS that runs on an Intel box?



Regards,

Isaac Antwi