Re: iSeries to another platform and back

I am aware of two organizations that are converting to Oracle.  The last
that I knew both of these conversions have ground to a halt.  Both
conversions are still "on."   It is unclear if money is still being spent
for licenses and updates however no further energy or effort is being spent.
 .

Another conversion I witnessed was a conversion to a variety of free and
nearly free software that was supplied and supported by a government agency.
 I understand that the conversion is completed.  More people work in the
office now so I guess the office manager would see the conversion as a
success.  I was told by a friend that much of the information they used to
get is no longer available and its been decided the information wasn't
important anyway. 
 
 A small school suystem I am aware of converted many of their applications
away from the AS/400, but they never moved Accounts Payable or Purchasing. 
I am not sure why not.

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Booth Martin   http://www.MartinVT.com
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-------Original Message-------
 
From: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Date: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 10:48:21 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: iSeries to another platform and back
 
To the list:
 
At our local user group meeting last night, I sat next to a lady who is
with a school district in suburban Chicago. She is being pressured by
people (who think they know systems) into abandoning the 400 platform.
Their BP is also hinting at abandoning the platform. Her question is this:
Does anyone have any horror stories (that they'd be allowed to share) of
organizations that have gone off on another platform, and then come back
to the 400. I told her the Microsoft story, and she thought it was
hilarious.
 
Any help you can provide would be well received.
 
 
Paul Nelson
Arbor Solutions, Inc.
708-670-6978 Cell
pnelson@xxxxxxxxxx
 
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