Re: Frontstep and MAPICS - what's our impact? (and anyone usingthelatest CUMe?)

I think we should follow IBM and call it CUMe, that way the email won't 
get held up by
the SPAM blocking software.

It also enables you to perform better Internet searches on the issue.

Thanks.





DaleGindlesperger@xxxxxxxxxxx
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I read the press release and the Forrester report.  I found the Forrester
report to be somewhat confusing - they said that MAPICS was the best, but
mostly talked about Oracle, PeopleSoft, JDE, and SAP.  I think it was
poorly written.  MAPICS wasn't even on some of the charts!

The press release said there would be about 250 positions eliminated
between the two companies (if I understood it correctly).  I wonder who
will get hit the worst?  I also wonder what impact this will have on R7?
I'm still waiting on this to be completed - we are in the process of
preparing for the complete conversion from green screen to Browser (we're
using a phased approach, replacing green screens with thin clients and PCs
where either is best suited).  Overall, we like Browser - EPDM especially
has been terrific for us, and OBPM/MM is going over well, but it's going 
to
take a while to get everyone trained and used to the new technology.  And
it keeps being delayed (waiting on CSM and Integrator, still).

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I also have the latest CUMe CD (SH14724, PTF 4140) - has anyone installed 
it
yet?  I'm quite stable at PTF 3196, not encountering any problems (that I
have detected).

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Dale Gindlesperger
Fleetwood Folding Trailers, Inc.


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