Re: Also Leaving MidRange Equipment -- MIDRANGE-L

Dennis -

Considering one of the recent posts:
Let us know when they switch back because of scalability problems....

<lol>
Steve

----- Original Message ----- From: <DMunro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 4:28 PM Subject: Also Leaving MidRange Equipment

To all:
Today is also the last day the 820 is the production server here. About a year ago the CFO determined we needed different ERP software & on Monday 2/7/05 we go live with M$ Axapta running on SQL server. All the servers are IBM X series in an IBM rack.

My tenure with IBM equipment & programming goes back to 6/6/66 & the unit record equipment (a pair of 402's, 602 calculating punch, the high speed card sorter (1000 cards a minute - don't remember the number, & a collator) days. Next came the 360, then various System/3's, then the System/34, then the System/36, & for the last 17+ years various models of the AS/400. I was working for an IBM VAR & ended up in Rochester for two weeks converting our software before the AS/400 was announced. The only machine I missed was the System/38 & management was happy with what we had so no upgrading.

I also would like to thank all that helped me with questions. I was more of a lurker but I also gleaned a lot of information from this & other lists that David runs. The only one I have kept is the PC Tech list. Some days the volume on Midrange-L was staggering but I at least looked at the headers to see if it was of interest.

It is now on to SQL 2000 & all it's nuances. Can't look back because I don't have time. I will still get to work with the 820 because I have historical data that I need to migrate into SQL but it is not the PRIMARY server & for that I am sad. The thought of retiring was there but I guess I look at this as a heck of a challenge. A DBA is a pipe dream but just getting comfortable with SQL is a definite reality. I have vendors I can call if things really get bad.

So, I need to sign off & do the last of the data conversions to our new software. This weekend is going to get rather hectic but it's a job & it's time to get busy. Almost drug out my bike this afternoon & went for a ride - getting into the 40's today & the snow is melting fast. Come on spring.
And thanks again to all that helped me in my quest for answers.
Thanks - Dennis
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Dennis Munro
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