Geac Computer Corp - new source policy for JBA System 21

["Shaw, David" <dshaw@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

This was in Midrange Computing's Monday Morning Update newsletter this week,
and has also been published elsewhere.

<QUOTE>
Geac Computer Corporation (the Markham, Ontario, application software
vendor that, last August, acquired JBA Holdings PLC, the UK-based
enterprise resource planning (ERP) vendor that happens to be one of the
biggest AS/400 software companies in the world) may have inadvertently
set off a powder keg of controversy with a new policy that will severely
restrict access to the source code for its System 21 ERP suite.
</QUOTE>

To the best of my knowledge, this new source policy is the most restrictive
of any ERP vendor for the AS/400.  I can't imagine MAPICS withdrawing
currently available source like this, but they are effectively doing this on
a lot of new code - for example, all the client code for the client/server
apps.  Granted I can't see a lot of us doing anything with Smalltalk or C++
source, but I was curious if there are any cases where folks here feel they
have been hampered by any MAPICS source code policies.  Anyone care to
discuss this?

Dave Shaw
MAPICS-L Moderator
Spartan International, Inc.
Spartanburg, SC
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