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Hi Konrad,
        Just curious, what other solution have you found??  That idea
occasionally comes and goes here too due to the high costs of licensing,
creaky old code and so on.

Thanks!
Barb

 -----Original Message-----
From:   Konrad Underkofler [mailto:kdunderk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent:   Friday, March 21, 2003 10:38 AM
To:     'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'
Subject:        XA Release 7 or what?

I would go with Release 7 because it has only 1167 fixes compared to the
4460 fixes for Release 6.

j/k of course...the functionality is about the same in all releases from 4
on up.

Seriously, make sure you do get source so that you can fix the things MAPICS
will not fix or screws up.

In regards to future releases, is anyone looking at alternative products? We
have found one we like that seems to be the solution to all that ails the
creaky old MAPICS code but are still open to alternatives. 

Regards

Konrad

-----Original Message-----
From: McCready, Joan [mailto:Joan.McCready@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 9:19 AM
To: 'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'
Subject: RE: XA Release 7


Ron,

>From everything I've been hearing, in this group and from user groups 
>and
conferences, I'd recommend you implement Rel 6, especially as a new install.


We implemented Rel 4 almost five years ago. What our affiliate (reseller)
didn't tell us at the time was that Rel 4 had just come out, and we were one
of the first installs. It made for a more-difficult implementation that we
would have had if we had implemented (the more mature) Rel 3 and then
upgraded to 4 later. If you implement Rel 7, you won't really know if some
of your problems are because you are new to MAPICS or because Rel 7 is still
"buggy."

Just my 2 cents worth, from experience. BTW, we are currently at Rel 6
(upgraded about 14 months ago) and have no plans to upgrade to Rel 7 anytime
soon. When we do upgrade, it will likely be after Rel 8 is out, and
definitely after we're assured that everything we need is really ready and
working in Rel 7.

       -- Joan

Joan McCready, IS Manager      phone:  636-479-4499
MetalTek International         fax:  636-479-3399
The Carondelet Division        www.metaltekint.com
8600 Commercial Blvd
Pevely, MO  63070                      


-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Lahr [mailto:rlahr@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 6:47 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: XA Release 7

Dear Group:

We recently bought MAPICS and our MAPICS reseller is telling us to install
XA release 6 instead of 7 because 7 has lots of problems that MAPICS hasn't
addressed. They have prevented any of their customers from upgrading to 7
but I know there are companies out there using it.

We have several issues with release 6 and are looking for input from users
and other resellers and consultants concerning your experiences with release
7. Should we start on 6 or force our reseller to help us start on release 7?

Thank you, 
                                
Ron Lahr A+, MCSE
Information Systems & Technology Manager
www.altek-inc.com 
INNOVATIVE MANUFACTURING SOLUTIONS 

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