Re: Annual Maintenance

That it might be cheaper to roll your own very well may be true, Jack, particularly in the longer term, out more than 5 years.

The problem is not technical talent at this point, it’s institutional knowledge and knowledge of the application itself that comes into play. Are the application subject matter experts at your company close to retirement, chances are the answer is yes, it takes some time to be educated that well. Again while I rail against the fees software companies are charging (usually to cover acquisition costs etc.) is the alternative better, good question. That’s what they pay the big guys to determine.

Half my customers roll their own with some purchased stuff like Brad’s, TLAshford, DBU etc. mixed in. Then again the larger ones are all purchased applications with NO modifications. Ya lay your money on the table and toss the dice…..
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Jim Oberholtzer
Agile Technology Architects

On Nov 15, 2023, at 11:05 AM, Jack Woehr via MIDRANGE-L <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And then there's the ERP vendor charging 6 figures a year for license and
doing zero, absolutely no, maintenance on the code, just collecting the
fee.
Cheaper to rewrite it.
And BTW hire 20-somethings for the Linux front end and slowly assimilate
them into the IBM i borg.