Re: [SYSTEM21] Aurora

[Richard_Caldicott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

We have strived to keep our modifications to a minimum, or at least 
restrict mods to 'bolt-ons'.  We have our own in-house coders and we have 
a policy of writing everything in ILE so we are looking forward to Aurora 
and its benefits.  Its always a dilemma when you buy a package only to mod 
major parts - we are still fighting this on a day to day basis. 

We have found with our recent uplift to SP4/5 that we have been able to 
remove some custom mods, however some of the new functionality in Aurora 
is tempting yet not complete enough for our requirements.  As we will not 
be moving to Aurora until the second quarter of next year we hope that 
some of these areas may be enhanced by then.  If not, we will have to 
decide between holding off from utilizing those pieces or modifying the 
software to work at the level we require.

Richard




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This new Aurora product sounds really great.  The sad
part is that we will probably never see it installed
at our facility.  It will remain as mysterious and
illusive as the Northern Lights.

The problem is with the migration of our existing
mods.  The new ILERPG code has no mod marks in it. 
That means the man-hours required for
retrofitting/testing our existing custom functionality
into the new code will make that project cost
prohibitive.

I'm afraid the ROI for moving to Aurora just won't be
realistic in our case.

That being said, there is serious consideration being
given to not renewing our service contract.  There
would be very little point in paying for maintenance
if we were not able to move up to Aurora.  Am I alone
in this observation or do some of you see it the same
way?

I prefer to remain anonymous for obvious reasons. 
I'll understand if you don't reply even if you do
agree.




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