Re: Support for Release 6 -- MAPICS-L

Thanks, Kevin. That is good information. Thankfully I've learned the
quirks of R5 and we can manage through any issues we have ongoing. But
with hardware and OS changes, and frankly changing business needs, R5's
days are numbered here.

Will release 7.8 still have the green screen apps available? Yes, I
recognize the value of the Integrator applications, and I would agree to
all the arguments that Green Screen apps have gone away, but can we
migrate to R7 and use the green screens while we migrate to the GUI
apps?

There's only so much we can bite off and chew at one time. I'd like to
get the existing applications ported to 7, then migrate from there up to
Integrator/Link applications.

Thanks,
Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin Fox
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 6:34 PM
To: 'MAPICS ERP System Discussion'
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Support for Release 6

All,

Support for R5 is EOL. What this means is that no more bugs have been
found in a significant amount of time (i.e. 1 year) and so ending
support just means that no new fixes will be required. Anyone running
R5 will be happy as they should not be having code issues.

Obviously there are still bugs found in R6. Mostly related to
non-Atlanta application integration (i.e. Advanced Planner, et.al.)

There is no announcement on 8.0. Release 7.8 will be General Release
(GA)
approx. the same time as the conference in Las Vegas. At that time they
will most likely announce 7.9 for next year.

I'd suspect, and this is just my opinion, that they will not announce
R8.0 until 100% of green screen is out of the product.

That being said, there are major enhancements at 7.8 that make it almost
a new application. R7.8 was just early released mid May. We are in the
process of deploying it and hope to have it running in approx. 2 weeks.
Please note that it is an almost new application with significant
changes to the underlying architecture. So far, so good.

The enhancements to Enterprise Integrator, System Link and Net Link are
such that it would be impossible not to be able to cost justify and
upgrade from any previous version. This includes 7.7! AND THAT DOES
NOT INCLUDE THE MAJOR ENHANCEMENTS IN THE CORE APPLICATIONS (I.E.
Inventory Transactions and History Tracking!)

Will keep you all posted on our progress.

Kevin Fox

-----Original Message-----
From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Patrick Shrader
Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 11:27 AM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: Re: [MAPICS-L] Support for Release 6

Hey, you aren't obsolete! I'm still chugging away on Release 5.0 quite
happily. Where is the announcement for R8? After that release settles
down, I may consider upgrading to 8.0, instead of 7, later this year.

Patrick

-----Original Message-----
From: mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:mapics-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of LeLeux@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2008 2:46 PM
To: MAPICS ERP System Discussion
Subject: [MAPICS-L] Support for Release 6

Hello all..

I was scouring the Infor365 website to see if there was any
information
regarding EOL for R6. All I could confirm was that anything prior
was
already EOL. Not to mention support for V5R2.

Anyone hear anything about R6 that could be confirmed? I'm trying to
justify my upgrade (R7, new box, etc) and was working the obsolence
argument and a gut feel won't cut it! :)

BTW - I saw the GA announcement for R8, really making me feel
obsolete!

Just asking - not trying to stir anything up.... :)

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