Re: Any converts from VSE?

[jim_oberholtzer@xxxxxxx]

     Will,  I have done several conversions from VSE to AS/400.  Your 
     comment about easier cannot be overstressed.  You and your staff will 
     never want to work on big iron again after the AS/400.  Some items to 
     think about.  The education of the staff, operations and programming, 
     is never done enough.  That's usually the area that is cut first in 
     budgeting.  Also hire an independent business partner from your 
     software vendor to get the machine configured and order from.  
     Software vendors typically will undersize the machine to keep the 
     initial costs down.  Once you've installed, they know you will buy the 
     hardware to support the investment.  I don't know about anyone else on 
     this forum, however I have never seen CICS run well on a AS/400.  I 
     would not consider a direct conversion.  COBOL is no problem on the 
     AS/400 and your folks will learn it quickly.  Good Luck!
     
     Jim Oberholtzer
     Information Builders
     jim_oberholtzer@ibi.com


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Subject: Any converts from VSE? 
Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> at Tcpgate
Date:    10/23/98 9:25 AM


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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