Re: RE: Upgrade from Rel. 5 to Rel. 7 -- MAPICS-L

Konrad,

I do not agree with your assessment of R6.  Many changes and enhancements were 
released in R6 that provide many new functions and more visibility through the 
client that are not available in R5.  Yes, there are is a high rate of fixes, 
but that is somewhat attributed to the number of additional enhancements that 
have been added using the "fix" system.  The code is quite stable and provide a 
wide variety of additional enhancements that Phillip's company could probably 
use.  This is in addition to many fixes that is still in the R5 code.

In any upgrade with customized code it is a good idea to set up a seperate 
environment to review how the changes/enhancements will affect or possible 
eliminate some custom code.  Also Integrator, CSM, PM, etc. were also released 
at R6 that have tons of additional enhancements and capabilities that will help 
his users get introduced to the client applications.  This is in addition to 
the visibility that they don't have today at R5.

As for going to R7, you will have to meet a list of hardware requirements and 
possibly make an upgrade before going to that level.  I suggest you contact 
MAPICS for the specifications and requirements as customers must pass a review 
first.  I'd strongly suggest considering moving to R6 now to take advantage of 
all the improvements that your company/users could be taking advantage of.

Sincerely,
Paola Groeber
MAPICS Consultant
pgroeber@bellsouth.net

>
> From: Konrad Underkofler <kdunderk@hoshizaki.com>
> Date: 2002/09/24 Tue AM 09:32:42 EDT
> To: "'mapics-l@midrange.com'" <mapics-l@midrange.com>
> Subject: RE: Upgrade from Rel. 5 to Rel. 7
>
> Philip,
>
> If you are stable on R5 and don't need anything in R6 I would
> stay with 5. Release 6 is not all that stable with a high fix
> rate and alot of issues out of the box, some documented some
> not documented. If you have any customizations at all I would
> carefully review R6 and R7 due to unintentional function changes
> and "enhancements" that cannot be turned off. Naturally the newer
> applications have a high change rate.
>
> As far as R7 goes, MAPICS only seems to be reporting crossovers
> from R6 so far. So if you do go to R7 you may be the first!
> Since they cross the R6 stuff up to R7, R7 may have alot of the
> same issues that R6 does now.
>
> Good luck in whatever choice you make :)
>
> Regards
>
> Konrad
>
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