Re: The age old question:

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

I don't have that bookmarked.

However the person needs to be open and look at this as an opportunity.

First start out with a requirements list.
Then truly find out what sizzle you need to sell.

Evaluate the options and go from there.

If you need some examples of sizzle from the iSeries let us know.  I am 
sure that a few of us could submit some proof of concept's.  Like web 
sites ran on iSeries using any number of tools such as RPG-CGI, NET.DATA, 
Domino, etc.

John Lennon once said that "Perception is 99% of reality."

Any number of things may happen.  You might even stay with the iSeries and 
get it a full new face-lift.

A few years before I started here, when the company was a measly 
25million/year company they actually had a 360 mainframe and an IS staff 
of 30 people.  CEO comes bopping in and says that was the worse mistake he 
ever made.  Going back to manual systems.  Handed the entire staff a piece 
of paper with two questions:  "What do you want to be doing in 5 years and 
how can you see that happening here?"  Most took it as gloom and doom. One 
person who filled it out as this was a great opportunity and came out with 
a outline as to how to proceed later got the conversion job from manual, 
and some stuff still on the mainframe, to the S/34.  Worked his gonies 
off.  Because President of Administration.  As far as I know two of the 
other 30 were retained.  These two are actually still with the company.

Rob Berendt
-- 
"All creatures will make merry... under pain of death."
-Ming the Merciless (Flash Gordon)