Cognos coversion from mainframe to P

[pickerij@norbord.com]

>My name is Walter Lucas, and I'm a mainframe Cognos programmer
>working on a HP-3000 900 series using MPE.  My office mate and I
>have been at this for 15 years now, but times are a-changin'.
>
>What we are currently looking at is migrating our homegrown applications   

>from the HP onto the NT platform.
<database indecision stuff snipped>
>Any help is greatly appreciated, even a pointer in the right direction.
>Also, I'll gladly offer more information as required.

You asked for a pointer in the right direction!

Why would you move away from one of the lowest cost per transaction, most   
reliable, easiest to use and yet most open (i.e. Posix compliant)   
hardware platforms in the industry with probably the most robust,   
reliable, flexible database (and it's free with the os) of all time in   
order to saddle yourself with MS and Oracle?

But then maybe you're just looking for a time and money consuming   
adventure at which to throw lots of time and money :-)

Five years ago folks thought your proposed migration was the cool way to   
go. Time and money, not to mention the astounding lack of success of many   
projects, has made those who waited look like the smart ones.

Regards,
John "my bias is showing" Pickering
Toronto


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