RE: possible Lawson newbie

Yep, they're similar situations.  Any time software is developed using tools
and methods not common to the iSeries its gonna take a lot of extra work to
port or re-develop for the platform.  I don't know whether it's "bad", as
you've described it.  I've seen the phenomenon all over the industry and I
can understand the technical and business reasons behind it.  It may,
however, suck if you're the customer.

What I think is interesting about Lawson is that they were a big AS/400 app,
the shape and style of their current product is in many ways a result of its
roots as an AS/400 app, and yet they've developed a development methodology
that doesn't lend itself well to the AS/400.


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Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 4:54 PM
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Subject: RE: possible Lawson newbie

Gosh, Lawson app's lagging behind on getting ported to i5/os sounds as bad 
as IBM app's (like Domino) lagging behind getting ported to i5/os.

Rob Berendt