Re: Any converts from VSE?

[Wayne Capwell <wayne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Will,
I don't know of anyone who tried and gave up.  I have been involved with
at few MVS and VSE conversions.  Selecting a new, comparable product and
mapping the data over isn't hard, though it may be time consuming. 
Issues like retraining your staff, COBOL vs RPG, what to do with the
excess air conditioning, etc., may be a little stickier.  
I'd start with creating a list of the functions you have in the current
environment and matching that against the functions available in AS/400
software packages.  Determine how much of a fit you get from a "plain
vanilla" package and how much customization is required to get you the
same (or better) functions you have now.
>From there you can get an idea of hardware requirements and put together
a priliminary estimate of costs.  Of course, you knew all that.  Bottom
line, IMHO, is that once you get to the AS/400 platform you'll never
look back.  Good Luck.

Wayne  

Will Townsley wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am the Director of an IBM VSE data center. We have been
> operating with VSE (mainframe operating system) for 25
> years. Given the growing capability/complexity of VSE and
> our relative marginal growth (k12 education) I have been
> considering the possibility of conversion to another
> platform. I would like to know if anyone else out there
> listening has specifically made the conversion from VSE
> to AS/400 or know someone who tried and gave up.
> 
> We currently write all of our own applications in COBOL with
> a little bit of Assembler for batch and interactive (CICS).
> Moving to AS/400 would give us the opportunity to buy packaged
> software when appropriate and move to a less complicated
> environment?
> 
> Will Townsley
> Director Data Processing
> BCISD
> 
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