Re: "Microsoft owns 23 AS/400s"

["Simon Coulter" <shc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello John,

I believe they are still attempting to phase out the AS/400s.  An issue of the 
Data Warehouse Institute 
Journal (about April or May '98 -- I can't find the issue at present) had an 
article written by an MS staffer 
about their (MS) efforts to implement SAP on NT.  They've been trying since 
sometime in '95 and the project is 
still going.  The intent is to replace their 'legacy' systems -- no mention 
that these are AS/400s (although 
MS used to be one of the largest MVS shops too).

I know SAP is a Big-5 consulting dream.  It takes forever to implement and SAP 
projects swallow bodies like 
nothing else but four years and little to show for it seems excessive.

If MS can't get their business running on NT what hope have other companies?  
Of course, MS own failure won't 
stop them promoting NT for everyone.

Regards,
Simon Coulter.

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> Date: Thu, 25 Mar 99 09:21:00 -0800
> From: "John Earl" <johnearl@toolnet.com>
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: "Microsoft owns 23 AS/400s"

> 
> In 1994 headhunters in the Seattle area were calling AS/400
> geeks looking for people to work on a project to help MS
> migrate from AS/400 to NT.  It was billed as a 6-9 month
> contract to phase all of the AS/400's out.  
> 
> Last I heard, (and it has not yet been independently
> confirmed) they never finished that project, so the WW
> distribution has been outsourced to an independent service
> provider.  The independent service proviser is running the
> same source code on AS/400's.... But Hey, they're not
> officially part of Microsoft. :)
> 
> jte

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