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John
All good points. Our annual maintenance has yet to increase drastically, so there is no cost-cutting move available. It's less than $5k per year, and my last quote for a new Power 8 was over $40k, including all licensing transfers.
But our goal is to stay supported, so once IBM announces EOL for 7.1, we will be making a move for sure.
As for the size of the shop, I agree; I was surprised how small they were when I first started. They've been an IBM shop for years though. I started in 2001 to help them convert to JDE from Daly & Walcott. Lynk is a 'contract manufacturer', which means we still do the work of a company with maybe around 100 or so employees, but we contract most all of it out. JDE is the software they picked that had the support for what we do, tracking inventory and production at multiple locations, which meant staying on the i.
Thanks
Bob Cagle
IT Manager
Lynk
-----Original Message-----
From: John Yeung
On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 10:30 AM, Bob Cagle <bcagle@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
We still pay for support. Problem is the i5 520 is still performing just fine for my 5 users. We've never really taxed the machine.
Fact is our sales are currently not good, so a $40k+ upgrade just isn't in the budget. And yes, I've offered leasing options.
I guess maybe my question should have been more blunt: If your boss wants to stay supported, at what point will the cost of the support become high enough to upgrade?
For us, we upgraded when the cost of a brand-new system plus three years support was cheaper than paying three years of support for our old system. In other words, the upgrade would pay for itself in three years.
We didn't have any particular complaints about the performance of the old system. It was actually a COST-CUTTING measure to buy the new system.
(The performance and extra storage capacity was of course noticed and welcomed, once we completed the upgrade. It's kind of sick how fast it is now.)
All that being said, it is pretty surprising to me that such a tiny operation is an i shop. Not saying that's a bad thing by any means, just not what I would expect.
John Y.
midrange.com
