RE: iSeries vs. Unix vs. SQL Server vs. Oracle

midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   9. RE: iSeries vs. Unix vs. SQL Server vs. Oracle
>      (pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx)
>
>So, did the light bulb go on, or was the message lost? I'm sure that 
>you've seen my posts about a client who started an Oracle project 3.5 
>years ago because the 30 (now 40) something CFO wanted GUI. Their new DBA 
>(the 3rd in 3.5 years) told me yesterday that he thinks they'll be lucky 
>to have everything ready by January 1, 2005.


While not exactly the same, I ran into a similar situation back a couple years 
before AS/400s were announced. This was for a conversion away from a lowly 
System/38. The company had been bought and its systems were to be implemented 
on the non-IBM corporate setup. "No problem... we can do this in 6 months."

I was called in for a short project at almost precisely the 18 month mark. The 
then-current estimate to completion? Hmmm... 6 months. Seems a few tricky 
details such as subfile capabilities were giving them fits trying to replicate 
the user interface, not to mention integrated security, external descriptions, 
etc.

Tom Liotta

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