RE: last OS400 ver for M36?

["Andy Nolen-Parkhouse" <aparkhouse@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've seen on a number of occasions that when a client needs to perform a
major conversion, a logical alternative is to replace the S/36 code with
a packaged application and then migrate the data.  When this becomes an
option, then a different platform is a very valid choice, and often less
expensive than a labor-intensive code conversion.  How many of these M36
shops have a large in-house staff which would require retraining?

Andy Nolen-Parkhouse

> I cannot argue that it doesn't work as described below, but I can't
> understand the reasoning behind it. It apparently costs too many $$$
to
> convert S/36 apps to run as AS/400 apps; but converting them to run on
> entirely different platforms -- different hardware, different OS,
> different HLL, different database, all with issues different from
what's
> seen on AS/400s -- is okay? I know, I know... but it just seems
counter-
> intuitive.
> 
> Tom Liotta
> 
> On Wed, 25 July 2001, ken shields wrote:
> 
> >
> > It's moves like this that are sending a lot of die hard IBM shops to
> > other platforms.There's a reluctance by many companies, especially
in
> > this  very volitile market, to spend a greater budget dollar in this
> > area.
> 
> --
> Tom Liotta
> The PowerTech Group, Inc.
> 19426 68th Avenue South
> Kent, WA 98032
> Phone  253-872-7788
> Fax  253-872-7904
> http://www.400Security.com

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