Re: SAP on AS400?

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxx>]

The best description I've ever heard of a SAP installation process is  line 
from Animal House "Cost millions of Dollars and
thousands of lives..." :)  Granted, it's a figure of speech, but, if it's 
done right, as I understand it, an SAP installation will be a
slow and expensive process.

I'm told it does run on AS/400(iseries, i5....), but I would put money that 
you'll be using a unix (probably AIXL or HPUX) to implement it, if you're 
not lucky enough to stay on i5/os...

Don in DC


At 11:50 AM 10/10/2005 -0500, you wrote:
> There was just a shocking, brief non-specific message sent out from
> "Headquarters" about moving from our home-grown RPG (non free form, real
> old school), to SAP sent out today.
> 1. Does SAP run natively on OS400/V5R3?
> 2. Does it not in fact cost a few kajilliion dollars?
> 3. What is the licensing scheme (per site/seat/concurrent user, etc.)?
> 4. Does even maintenance/support in fact cost a few kajilliion dollars?
> 5. Does it run on DB2?
> 6. If we want customization, are we asking for a world of never ending
> pain & payment (in a cost range of a few kajilliion dollars)?
> 7. If we want customization, are upgrades a real bitch to pull off?
> 8. For those of you who are current users, what is your satisfaction
> level (1 - Like dying & going to Hell, 10 - Like dying & going to
> Heaven)?
> 9. How did it affect your programming staff if say you migrated from a
> home-grown RPG system like ours to SAP? Did the conversion include early
> retirement offers and/or directions on how to leave the premises like a
> fire drill?
>
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