re: subject: The age old question:

I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but it might help.

http://www-1.ibm.com/servers/eserver/iseries/conslt/pdf/idctco.pdf

Terry

>situation: A friend of mine works for a small business where >they've had
>an iseries running the business for quite a while, but the owner is
>considering converting to an NT based system (for no good reason, >IMO).
>
>
>they are on V4R5 (they still use Officevision for a couple very >important
>things), and IBM won't continue to support them unless they upgrade.
>
>
>some of thier current processes need to be modernized, (credit card
>processing via modem, OV, things like that), and they've been >burned by
>consultants in the past and are gun shy.
>
>
>the decision on conversion has been put off for a year, and they're >looking
>for options. They don't want to commit to the cash to upgrade the
>iseries, replace OV, etc, if they're going to go with the NT >package.
>
>
>My friend, rightly, is trying to convince them to stick with the >iseries -
>The system they use now is a heavily modified rpg package, and is >now very
>specific to thier line of work and would be difficult to replace >with any
>package, iseries, NT or anything else. But it is a bit unwealdy, >and the
>perception of course is that it's old fashioned. She needs ammo to >back up
>her advice.
>
>
>I know this has been asked and answered, a thousand times, ad->nauseum, but
>I've spent a while searching the archives and am not coming up with >exactly
>what I was looking for.
>
>
>I remember a thread or even a single post or web page that put the
>pros-cons together succinctly on the NT vs. iseries. anyone >remember it
>and have it bookmarked?
>
>
>Rick


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