Re: System management software

[DAsmussen@xxxxxxx]

Maurice,

In a message dated 97-04-23 17:35:43 EDT, you write:

> Is there someone who has experience with system management software,
>  especially the software Turnover. We probably gonna use Turnover, is
>  there someone who knows Turnover and can tell me their experience.

I don't know that I'd call Turnover "system management" software (I reserve
that for Robot and others).  SoftLanding's Turnover is Change Management
software, and I am quite familiar with it.  It has its quirks, but in a
native environment it should work GREAT!  Turnover has fantasitic
distribution, security, and project management features built in, as well as
help desk facilities.

Our problems have stemmed from the AS/Set (CASE tool) interface portion of
Turnover, and well, AS/Set presents problems of its own to everyone.  One
thing you'll need to be careful of is that the latest version of Turnover
adds 4 (and up to 5) libraries into your library list.  This causes us
problems from time to time because BPCS adds in its own libraries, thus
causing Turnover to fail because it can't add the appropriate library but
tries to perform the (unlocatable) function anyhow.  SoftLanding apparently
hasn't heard of the "product library" function on commands, or qualifying
calls and OVRDBF's.

Overall, you should be happy with Turnover.  Without the CASE interface, it
functions well and is very intuitive.  It is extremely flexible, and will
even allow you to use third-party compilers based upon object type code.  We
replaced Aldon with it at my previous client site, and I found Turnover to be
FAR more intuitive and CUA compliant, although I understand that Aldon has
made signifcant enhancements in these areas since.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to mail me directly...

HTH,

Dean Asmussen
Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
E-Mail:  DAsmussen@AOL.COM

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