RE: Gotta be kidding??

I have heard that some people have contacted other vendors like Aldon. They
might have some options for people to convert....both from pricing and from
managing the technical side of things. Call them.


Paul Nelson
Office 512-392-2577
Cell 708-670-6978
nelsonp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Mike McClain
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:05 PM
To: Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Gotta be kidding??

Group,
Just got a Maintenance renewal from Unicom/Softlanding for Turnover.
Almost TRIPLE what it was before the buy and more than double what we
settled on last year. Anyone else seeing this? Do we have any other
options, like changing vendors? Anyone know if Aldon or MKS have any
kind of "conversion" process?

Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-nontech-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Lehti
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2008 10:32 AM
To: Non-Technical Discussion about the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Help-Desk application that runs natively on System i!
(mantis400.com)

Yippee, a a free web-based bug-tracking and help-desk application that
runs natively on the System i using PHP

http://www.systeminetwork.com/article/w/1001/n/5020/i/6919/a/55890/Curbs
tone_Offers_System_i_Help_Desk_Freeware.html


Curbstone Offers System i Help-Desk Freeware

November 13, 2007 -
Curbstone Corporation <http://www.curbstone.com/> has announced
MANTIS/400 <http://www.mantis400.com/> , http://www.mantis400.com/
a free web-based bug-tracking and help-desk application that runs
natively on the System i using PHP. With the solution, people can create
and manage internal and external support issues while using any web
browser or client