I'm an administrator for a Home Office that supports about 50 iSeries
systems around the world. About 2 years ago there was much talk about
future direction to go away from 'legacy' systems. I, of course, took this
personally to mean the AS/400's or iSeries systems. I also was correct in
their intent at the time. My director and myself tried to explain to them
the low cost of ownership of the iSeries and all related expenses.
I was approached recently about a major project in one of our
regions that will be putting major emphasis on our 'legacy' system. I
questioned the CEO about this to make sure I understood what was needed and
he explained that after examining the cost long term of the system and the
people needed to support it and the stability it brought, we needed to
enhance our iSeries usage, not turn away from it!
I personally feel like a new breath of life here. So its not all
gloom and doom.
Larry
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just one other consideration...you are an ex-IBMer who now works for a
vendor that sells services to help with migration/transition. any hidden
agenda there?
Thanks,
Tommy Holden
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On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 16:30, Bob Cancilla<bob.cancilla@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Been a long time, but I left IBM and am back in the mainstream. Sadly
the
iSeries aka IBM i Operating System is on its way to extinction IMHO and
in a
very short period of time. Read details in my blog:
http://i-nsider.blogspot.com/
I'm not so sure about what you're writing. We're a small IBM i ISV,
but we're gaining new customers every year. And those aren't IBM i
customers migrating from another IBM i ERP package, but customers
migrating from Windows, Unix, or whatever else, buying their first IBM
i machine and migrating their ERP to it. This year alone, we've gained
4 major projects. Our revenue has been growing steadily, despite the
general economic situation.
Yep, the number of shops pushing the IBM i is dwindling, but the
future certainly isn't as bleak as you're trying to put it. It's all
about the people and the products you're offering.
And in case you've read other posts on the list here made by me,
you'll see that i'm not happy about many of IBM's decisions, but it
doesn't invalidate the IBM i as a good platform for your business.
midrange.com
