Cognos support letter for AS/400 - iSeries

Mon, 8 Mar 2004 21:39:56 +0200

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That's very interesting.
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I can't find any statements on their website regarding EOL of Powerhouse
on the OS400.
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Neil
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From: powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com
[mailto:powerh-l-admin@lists.sowder.com] On Behalf Of David Morrison -
Corporate
Sent: 08 March 2004 09:09
To: powerh-l@lists.sowder.com
Subject: Cognos support letter for AS/400 - iSeries

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;=20
c.      Migrate our PH code to a different platform;=20
d.      Convert our PH code to a different language (and, possibly,
platform);=20
e.      Or?=20

Thanks.

David Morrison

McBride Electric

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Electric</FONT></SPAN><SPAN lang=3Den-us></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML>

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