Re: Power: Was: Classes for IBMi/iSeries?

The current system is a fairly large ERP, green screen application (the focus of this ultra-conservative financial organization has not been in keeping the i on the bleeding edge). Payroll, HR, Time and Labor, and some Financial/GL function is being replaced, top-to-bottom, with Peoplesoft on AIX. So it's still Power but not i. (Hence my skeptical attitude about the positive effect for our little group of conversion x86 -> Power).

The driver is dissatisfaction with the application (which, again, has not been kept up to date here); inability to support the changes in business; and a seemingly universal belief at the CEO level that i = archaic. I know, I know - but in the end, my job is to support the decisions of those in power. (Pun not intended.)
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Dennis
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Some folks are born fools, but the majority of us become so through practice.



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"Nathan Andelin" <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Dennis Lovelady
IBM won't announce numbers, but from my observations, the i

(referring to the OS and family here) footprint is fading, and has

been for

many, many years.

"We've had three quarters of growth in IBM i, and that's in both
revenue and in footprints"
Steve Will, IBM.
http://systeminetwork.com/article/ibm-i-os-motion

(How many here have been involved in the migration *to* the i

platform?

 Personally, I've never heard of even one....)  And that's a shame; I

hope

my observation is incorrect.

We're developing an IBM i product for K-12 schools. We're interested in
serving students, parents, teachers, and administrators. We converted 1
school to our package this year, and will likely have 1 more by the end
of the year. I think the product will reach a point of critical mass as
at some point next year, in terms of functionality, and we hope to
convert a lot more.

http://www.relational-data.com/

My current job is to eliminate three more System i units from the

face

of the earth, and one more significant company irrevocably off of the

i

platform.

Would you be willing to elaborate? What applications are you migrating
to another platform? And what's driving it?

-Nathan
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