RE: Left AS/400 and Returned

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

if that was a public company they could also be held to task by
stockholders...

We've got a local company that's become a bit of a laughing stock around
here...  It's estimated that they've spent well over 55 MILLION to goto a
oracle system on HPUX and get off the 400...  Last update I heard they
finally made it...but that's a serious chunk of change...

Don in DC

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On Mon, 2 May 2005, Jim Damato wrote:

> >...were committed to coming off the 400 platform.
> >
> >...For three years they tried just to get a basic data warehouse
> >running...
> >
> >3 years, 15+ MILLION dollars later...
> >They built the warehouse on a 400.
>
> >It seems to me that IBM could get a lot of mileage
> >out of sites/stories such as the one below. IBM
> >should work out a 'Showcase' deal with them. In
> >exchange for some kind of discount or whatever,
> >the customer/site would agree to act as a reference.
>
>
> It would be kind of tough to get a company to showcase a success story that
> starts as a major mistake and a huge waste of time and money.
>
> -Jim
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