Re: AS/400 upgrade costs

boothm@ibm.net wrote:

> 4 a day? If your code is clean enough that a programmer can do 4 a day
> then your code is probably already fixed.

Wish that were true!

> Otherwise I'd bet you will find
> there are sources missing, or misplaced, level-check problems, files with
> bad dates, conversion problems that are not as simple as expected, and old
> programs that no one has looked at in 5 years and don't make sense.  Add
> in to that time for training sessions, vacations, days that don't go
> right, and employee turn-over and you'll be lucky to average 2 a day,
> imho.
>

Booth,

I think you are probably right for most shops, we've been fortunate to be able 
to
have the necessary authority and backing to force standards.  It's made for a
less panic ridden environment. It has really payed off to spend the extra
time/money up front.

It sure was a hard sell though.  I think in a couple of years when the stuff 
hits
the fan and war stories are swapped, the one's that will get hurt the most are
the shops that have historically been trying to get by on the cheap.  They're
paying now with interest.

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