Re: Annual Maintenance

"Exaccle-waccle," as Howland Owl used to say, Jim Oberholtzer.

In any enterprise, on any platform, the Winning Strategy is always a team
that is alive, alert, learning, growing, moving forward with the times,
fracturing and re-annealing the system.
It's an endless journey.
So are you, Mr/Ms CIO, building, refreshing, repurposing that team
constantly?
Or are you just waiting for retirement to force you off the platform?
If you *want to stay on IBM i, you're hiring now, training now, modernizing
now* or you are headed for the emergency off-platforming exercise which
will cost you 8-figures-ish.
And if you think it will be cheaper and easier and more secure once you're
off the IBM i ... ah well ... woo hoo ...

On Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 10:18 AM Jim Oberholtzer <
midrangel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

That it might be cheaper to roll your own very well may be true, Jack,
particularly in the longer term, out more than 5 years.

The problem is not technical talent at this point, it’s institutional
knowledge and knowledge of the application itself that comes into play.
Are the application subject matter experts at your company close to
retirement, chances are the answer is yes, it takes some time to be
educated that well. Again while I rail against the fees software companies
are charging (usually to cover acquisition costs etc.) is the alternative
better, good question. That’s what they pay the big guys to determine.

Half my customers roll their own with some purchased stuff like Brad’s,
TLAshford, DBU etc. mixed in. Then again the larger ones are all
purchased applications with NO modifications. Ya lay your money on the
table and toss the dice…..
--
Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects