Cognos support letter for AS/400 - iSeries
David Morrison - Corporate
dmorrison@mcbrideelectric.com
Mon, 8 Mar 2004 11:08:40 -0800
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I just received Cognos' letter detailing their phasing out of support =
for the AS/400 - iSeries. Of course, they haven't been creating new =
versions of PowerHouse for years, but at least they've been ensuring =
that PH would continue to work on new versions of OS/400.
Quick questions for those of you in this list who are still running PH =
on an AS/400:
1. Does this announcement make any difference to your on-going strategy =
and/or future plans for providing hardware/software solutions for your =
business?
2. What do you see as your "exit strategy" from the PH-AS/400 =
combination:
a. Run PH on an AS/400 as long as it works (applying new versions of =
OS/400 unless it causes problems that can't be worked around);
b. Replace our custom-written solution with a standard package;
c. Migrate our PH code to a different platform;
d. Convert our PH code to a different language (and, possibly, =
platform);
e. Or?
Thanks.
David Morrison
McBride Electric
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<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">I just received Cognos’ letter detailing their =
phasing out of support for the AS/400 - iSeries</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">. =
Of course, they haven’t been creating new versions of PowerHouse =
for years, but at least they’ve been ensuring that PH would =
continue to work on new versions of OS/400.</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Quick questions f</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">or those of you in this list =
who are still running PH on an AS/400:</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">1. Doe</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">s this announcement make any =
difference</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">to your</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">on-going</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">strategy</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">and/or future =
plans</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">for</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">providing hardware/software =
solution</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">s</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> for your =
business?</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">2. What do you see as your “exit =
strategy”</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">from the PH</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">-</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">AS/400 =
combination:</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">a. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Run PH =
on an AS/400 as long as it works</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial"> (applying new versions of =
OS/400 unless it causes problems that can’t be worked =
around)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">b. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Replace =
our custom-written solution with a standard package</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">c. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Migrate =
our PH code to a different platform</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">d. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">Convert =
our PH code to a different language (and, possibly, =
platform)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" =
SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">;</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN>
<BR><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">e. </FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"> <FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Or?</FONT></SPAN>
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<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">Thanks.</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG=3D"en"><FONT =
COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 FACE=3D"Arial">David =
Morrison</FONT></SPAN></P>
<P ALIGN=3DLEFT><SPAN LANG=3D"en"><FONT COLOR=3D"#000000" SIZE=3D2 =
FACE=3D"Arial">McBride Electric</FONT></SPAN><SPAN =
LANG=3D"en-us"></SPAN></P>
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