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Hey guys,
Way back in April I sent a message asking about Oracle and Axiant for NT =
saying that were migrating from the HP-3000 MPE platform.
The information I received help a lot :-)> Thanks.
I also promised to keep you informed of how the process was evolving.
It is in this light that I offer the following.
0 AD - Chist is crucified, Christianity is born, and so is the Y2K =
problem.
1582 - Pope Gregory XIII puts us on the Gregorian calendar system and =
takes 10 days out of the year.
1622 - The slide rule is invented
1623 - The mechanical calculating machine is invented
1833 - Babbage invents his Analytical Machine
1890 - Here come the punch cards
1924 - CTR (Calculating-Tabulating-Recording) becomes IBM
1946 - The birth of ENIAC (Electrical Numerical Integrator And =
Calculator) Now we can program!
1964 - BASIC is invented. Now anyone can program, but memory is high, =
and the machines don't have much. Code must be written efficiently. =
Years are two-digits.
Does anyone see a problem?
1992 - Some people start to make noise about a problem with computers at =
the turn of the century.
1998 - The rest of the world starts to figure it out. We start our own =
Y2K solutions.
Jan 1999 - We look at Oracle as a base for movement from the =
soon-to-be-defunct, non-compliant, HP mainframe.
Feb 1999 - We contact Cognos about the Fast Start package. We have 15 =
years of mainframe Powerhouse experience and feel this is the fastest =
and most efficient route to take. We start taking Oracle 8 courses and =
order a huge file server and NT. [We think nine months of lead time =
should get us through the conversion in time.]
Mar 1999 - We don't have Axiant, but I did get to speak to a nice =
Englishman who asked me some questions about the application. [Eight =
months is still plenty of time for a project that shouldn't take more =
than six months to complete.]
Apr 1999 - I come to you guys for help with the Oracle issue. The =
Englishman I talked to has been spirited away, and we are forgotten. =
[Seven months will work.]
May 1999 - We find out that Axiant will not work with Oracle 8. We find =
out from a tech. Lesson learned: Always go to the guys who fix the =
problems. We order Oracle 7.3 and get it. No Axiant. [Well, we =
thought we could do it in six months. It looks like we get the chance =
to see.]
Jun 1999 - We get Axiant, but we can't convert our old QDDR dictionary =
to PDL, so we begin a round-and-round about upgrading the system. Money =
changes hands, and we are told we can get a new version of QSHOW to help =
us convert. Yea! [If we give up Thanksgiving, we should be OK.]
Jul 1999 - It's the middle of the month. We have Oracle installed, =
Axiant installed. We still don't have the QSHOW upgrade, but it's =
coming. However, it's available only on CD. Any of you have a CD-ROM =
drive on your HP-3000s? I think they are sending us a PC version. I've =
sent an e-mail. We still don't have a consultant scheduled to help us =
start our education. Maybe by August, maybe not. I did learn that we =
didn't get the 10 days of consulting that we thought we ordered. I'd =
thought we had a week, the folks at Creative Computing planned on =
sending us someone for a week. I rechecked the invoice and saw I =
signed-off on four days. Worse still, Cognos says we bought 10 coupons, =
not days. My contract says otherwise, but this is going to cause =
further delays. [Maybe if we give up Christmas and weekends...]
And there you have it. The sad journal of a small hospital in a small =
town in a very large state. Well maybe not so small on either account. =
Still, the frustration is worse than the impending deadline.
On the plus side, I have met some very nice people through the mail, I =
get lots of rest at work, and I can play Free Cell with the best of =
them.
Until the next installment (hopefully soon and much happier),
Walter
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Hey guys,
Way back in April I sent a message =
asking about=20
Oracle and Axiant for NT saying that were migrating from the HP-3000 MPE =
platform.
The information I received help a =
lot=20
:-)> Thanks.
I also promised to keep you informed =
of how the=20
process was evolving.
It is in this light that I offer the =
following.
0 AD - Chist is crucified, =
Christianity is born,=20
and so is the Y2K problem.
1582 - Pope Gregory XIII puts us on =
the=20
Gregorian calendar system and takes 10 days out of the =
year.
1622 - The slide rule is =
invented
1623 - The mechanical calculating =
machine is=20
invented
1833 - Babbage invents his =
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Machine
1890 - Here come the punch =
cards
1924 - CTR =
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becomes IBM
1946 - The birth of ENIAC =
(Electrical Numerical=20
Integrator And Calculator) Now we can program!
1964 - BASIC is invented. Now =
anyone can=20
program, but memory is high, and the machines don't have much. =
Code must=20
be written efficiently. Years are two-digits.
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p; Does=20
anyone see a problem?
1992 - Some people start to make noise about a =
problem with=20
computers at the turn of the century.
1998 - The rest of the world starts to figure it =
out. We=20
start our own Y2K solutions.
Jan 1999 - We look at Oracle as a base for movement =
from the=20
soon-to-be-defunct, non-compliant, HP mainframe.
Feb 1999 - We contact Cognos about the Fast Start=20
package. We have 15 years of mainframe Powerhouse experience and =
feel this=20
is the fastest and most efficient route to take. We start taking =
Oracle 8=20
courses and order a huge file server and NT. [We think nine months =
of lead=20
time should get us through the conversion in time.]
Mar 1999 - We don't have Axiant, but I did get to =
speak to a=20
nice Englishman who asked me some questions about the application. =
[Eight=20
months is still plenty of time for a project that shouldn't take more =
than six=20
months to complete.]
Apr 1999 - I come to you guys for help with the =
Oracle=20
issue. The Englishman I talked to has been spirited away, and we =
are=20
forgotten. [Seven months will work.]
May 1999 - We find out that Axiant will not work =
with Oracle=20
8. We find out from a tech. Lesson learned: Always go =
to the=20
guys who fix the problems. We order Oracle 7.3 and get it. =
No=20
Axiant. [Well, we thought we could do it in six months. It =
looks=20
like we get the chance to see.]
Jun 1999 - We get Axiant, but we can't convert our =
old QDDR=20
dictionary to PDL, so we begin a round-and-round about upgrading the=20
system. Money changes hands, and we are told we can get a new =
version of=20
QSHOW to help us convert. Yea! [If we give up Thanksgiving, =
we=20
should be OK.]
Jul 1999 - It's the middle of the month. We =
have Oracle=20
installed, Axiant installed. We still don't have the QSHOW =
upgrade, but=20
it's coming. However, it's available only on CD. Any of you =
have a=20
CD-ROM drive on your HP-3000s? I think they are sending us a PC=20
version. I've sent an e-mail. We still don't have a =
consultant=20
scheduled to help us start our education. Maybe by August, maybe=20
not. I did learn that we didn't get the 10 days of consulting that =
we=20
thought we ordered. I'd thought we had a week, the folks at =
Creative=20
Computing planned on sending us someone for a week. I rechecked =
the=20
invoice and saw I signed-off on four days. Worse still, Cognos =
says we=20
bought 10 coupons, not days. My contract says otherwise, but this =
is going=20
to cause further delays. [Maybe if we give up Christmas and=20
weekends...]
And there you have it. The sad journal of a =
small=20
hospital in a small town in a very large state. Well maybe not so =
small on=20
either account. Still, the frustration is worse than the impending =
deadline.
On the plus side, I have met some very nice people =
through the=20
mail, I get lots of rest at work, and I can play Free Cell with the best =
of=20
them.
Until the next installment (hopefully soon and much=20
happier),
Walter