Re: Software without the Vendor support

You've actually found a package that has tax codes, industry changes, etc 
--AND EDI-- all bundled into one???

Rob Berendt
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safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 




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Hi all,   I am looking at a situation where a company purchased a software 
package on the AS/400 written in Cobol. For reasons that are not 
important, they want to see if they don't need vendor support for about 
18-24 months at which time they expect that they can purchase a new 
package if that is a critical need. Now, how do you analyze the How and 
If''s. For example, how will you do updates to tax codes, industry 
regulatory changes, EDI. From a code perspective, how do you measure in 
time, how long it will take to understand all processes by code or calling 
modules. These are just some of the ideas that occur to me. Conceptually 
is this all there is? Looking forward to your input, Rob400 


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