Cognos coversion from mainframe to P

[Carol Kaffenberger]

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pickerij@norbord.com wrote:

> 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.

I'd love to hear from someone who has tried to migrate Powerhouse from MPE/ix &
Image to Unix (Sun) & Oracle.  We love HP & Image, but cannot convince
management or the systems people to keep it.  A few 'true life' success/failure
experiences may help to persuade them.

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