RE: AS/400 Gasping For Air ??

["Bruce Shaw" <crashshw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Somewhat relevant to this thread; I have CISC AS400 310-2044; application is
CS order system with basic billing\invoicing\client info backended into a JD
Edwards environment. There is also substantial data sharing going on between
two major apps which control the client memberships. Currently, there is 40+
GB data and some 3/4 million lines RPG code.
We have just be acquired by a small developer outfit whose specialty is in
UNIX/NT environments. Their intention is to replace all AS400 apps/hardware
within 6-9 months with C++ developed apps rather than upgrading our CISC box
(which is somewhat CPU deprived ). There will be telephony apps/hardware
integrated into the environment (stuff we don't have currently but would
like to have). Is the 6-9 months time frame realistic for replacing our
current RPG stuff?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Pete Hall
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 1999 7:40 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: AS/400 Gasping For Air ??
>
>
> At 21:02 01/03/1999 -0600, Nina Jones wrote:
> >but i wonder - they do billing, accounts receiviable, membership
> tracking,
> >and training programs.  how on earth can anyone rewrite all that
> for $2000?
> >are those wizards that good?
>
> They're not magic. My experience with Access has been that it
> doesn't scale
> very well. It is, however, very compatible with SQL Server. I'll bet this
> company is in for some stressful times.
> Pete Hall
> peteh@inwave.com
> http://www.inwave.com/~peteh
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