Development tools (was Is PowerHouse DEAD?)

[Edis, Robert]

It doesn't matter.  If the decision makers with a vested interest want it so
the money will be found.  They will just make the case look like there is no
alternative!

A manager for a project I worked on did a cost benefit analysis of replacing
the PH-Rdb-OpenVMS systems with PH-Oracle-HP-UX systems that showed the cost
of keeping the existing systems would save the company MILLIONS of dollars.
The manager did not  have a vested interest in the 'old' software/hardware
and did a very objective analysis.  The CIO of the company wanted everything
to be HP/Oracle so the CB analysis was ignored (shredded, archived,
whatever).  None of the cost savings the CIO touted as a reason for the
conversion eventuated so the company spent millions just to stand still!

Unfortunately rational logic doesn't always appear to the decision drivers
in our business. :(

-----Original Message-----
From: Olmos, Fernando (Sericon at Alcoa)
[mailto:Fernando.Olmos@alcoa.com.au]
Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2003 4:42 PM
To: 'powerh-l@lists.swau.edu'
Subject: RE: Development tools (was Is PowerHouse DEAD?)


> I believe Oracle Forms (part of Oracle Developer) ONLY works 
> with Oracle
> databases.  Virtually ALL Oracle application packages such as 
> Financials,
> Manufacturing, etc. use Forms as their front end.

Does anyone here have any idea how much it costs to convert a legacy system
(PH/COBOL/whatever) into Oracle, especially a huge financial system with
over 10gig of data and code!? What's scary is where is the money coming
from?
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