Re: Also Leaving MidRange Equipment

He might not be allowed to. A lot of companies coming back from the dark 
side have clauses in their IBM contracts that forbid to mention them to 
the world. They don't want their failures publicized.

Good luck Dennis. 


Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
708-670-6978  Cell
pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx





"Steve Landess" <sjl_abc@xxxxxxxxxxx>
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Dennis -

Considering one of the recent posts:
Let us know when they switch back because of scalability problems....

<lol>
Steve


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Subject: Also Leaving MidRange Equipment


> To all:
>
> Today is also the last day the 820 is the production server here.  About 
a 
> year ago the CFO determined we needed different ERP software & on Monday 

> 2/7/05 we go live with M$ Axapta running on SQL server.  All the servers 

> are IBM X series in an IBM rack.
>
> My tenure with IBM equipment & programming goes back to 6/6/66 & the 
unit 
> record equipment (a pair of 402's, 602 calculating punch, the high speed 

> card sorter (1000 cards a minute - don't remember the number, & a 
> collator) days.  Next came the 360, then various System/3's, then the 
> System/34, then the System/36, & for the last 17+ years various models 
of 
> the AS/400.  I was working for an IBM VAR & ended up in Rochester for 
two 
> weeks converting our software before the AS/400 was announced. The only 
> machine I missed was the System/38 & management was happy with what we 
had 
> so no upgrading.
>
> I also would like to thank all that helped me with questions.  I was 
more 
> of a lurker but I also gleaned a lot of information from this & other 
> lists that David runs.  The only one I have kept is the PC Tech list. 
> Some days the volume on Midrange-L was staggering but I at least looked 
at 
> the headers to see if it was of interest.
>
> It is now on to SQL 2000 & all it's nuances.  Can't look back because I 
> don't have time.  I will still get to work with the 820 because I have 
> historical data that I need to migrate into SQL but it is not the 
PRIMARY 
> server & for that I am sad.  The thought of retiring was there but I 
guess 
> I look at this as a heck of a challenge.  A DBA is a pipe dream but just 

> getting comfortable with SQL is a definite reality.  I have vendors I 
can 
> call if things really get bad.
>
> So, I need to sign off & do the last of the data conversions to our new 
> software.  This weekend is going to get rather hectic but it's a job & 
> it's time to get busy.  Almost drug out my bike this afternoon & went 
for 
> a ride - getting into the 40's today & the snow is melting fast.  Come 
on 
> spring.
>
> And thanks again to all that helped me in my quest for answers.
>
> Thanks - Dennis
>
> "I love deadlines. I especially like the whooshing sound they make as 
they 
> go flying by." Dilbert's Words Of Wisdom
>
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> Badger Mining Corporation
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