Re: AS/400 upgrade costs

[Vernon Hamberg <hambergv@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don

At 09:29 AM 12/1/1997 -0400, you wrote:
><<Sure it's going to take time and cost some money.  I'm not disputing that. 
>It's
>when it's stated that 4,000 programs and 500 files have to be brought to
>complience that the authors credibility goes right down the toilet in my
>eyes.>>
>
>
>Person --
>
>My point is: I must at least CHECK all 4,000 programs. I can't assume
anything.
>You just don't understand; this is a MONSTER of _horrible_ code. You would
have
>to see it to believe it.

Has anyone asked you about tools that can identify at least most of the
spots that need changing? We've used something called Adams (I'm not in the
middle of this project, so don't know real names). Glenn Ericson, on this
list, knows lots of resources.

We have 12 years worth of very mixed code, many contractors, and also a lot
from a code generator. We have files with separate 2-digit fields for year,
month and day, as well as 6&7-digit YYMMDD & CYYMMDD.

Even a general-purpose cross-reference tool like Hawkeye Pathfinder or
Abstract Probe can be a tremendous help.

HTH

Vernon Hamberg
Systems Software Programmer
Old Republic National Title Insurance Company
400 Second Avenue South
Minneapolis, MN  55401-2499
(612) 371-1111 x480


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