Re: SAP on AS400?

[Larry Bolhuis <lbolhuis@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I spoke to one of our customers who runs SAP on iSeries. This was his 
comment:

"SAP Is terribly expensive but it can be configured to do nearly 
anything. I think it's over priced and over complicated, however, if you 
must run SAP in your enterprise, running it on iSeries is the only sane 
place to do so."

It should be noted that this customer has had parts running on i and 
parts on x and is currently installing another i to take over all 
remaining workload from 'x'.

 - Larry

Condon, Mike wrote:

> There was just a shocking, brief non-specific message sent out from
> "Headquarters" about moving from our home-grown RPG (non free form, real
> old school), to SAP sent out today.
> 1. Does SAP run natively on OS400/V5R3?
> 2. Does it not in fact cost a few kajilliion dollars?
> 3. What is the licensing scheme (per site/seat/concurrent user, etc.)?
> 4. Does even maintenance/support in fact cost a few kajilliion dollars?
> 5. Does it run on DB2?
> 6. If we want customization, are we asking for a world of never ending
> pain & payment (in a cost range of a few kajilliion dollars)? 
> 7. If we want customization, are upgrades a real bitch to pull off?
> 8. For those of you who are current users, what is your satisfaction
> level (1 - Like dying & going to Hell, 10 - Like dying & going to
> Heaven)?
> 9. How did it affect your programming staff if say you migrated from a
> home-grown RPG system like ours to SAP? Did the conversion include early
> retirement offers and/or directions on how to leave the premises like a
> fire drill?
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