Comments on: I want to migrate from the AS/400 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-want-to-migrate-from-the-as400/ Sat, 25 May 2013 11:47:02 +0000 hourly 1 By: Featured Member: Znason - ITKE Community Blog http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-want-to-migrate-from-the-as400/#comment-84513 Featured Member: Znason - ITKE Community Blog Tue, 30 Nov 2010 06:32:52 +0000 #comment-84513 [...] I want to migrate from the AS/400 [...]

]]> By: splat http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-want-to-migrate-from-the-as400/#comment-78139 splat Mon, 14 Jun 2010 18:53:22 +0000 #comment-78139 YuVa47, as this comes up frequently it would seem the topic is germane even if the original question is a bit dated.

]]> By: slateken http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-want-to-migrate-from-the-as400/#comment-78135 slateken Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:49:00 +0000 #comment-78135 Find the exact statement that the Coca-Cola marketing chump used to sell “New Coke” to his superiors. Take that statement and replace every instance of “Coke Classic” with “IBM i” or “AS/400″. Similarly, replace each occurence of “New Coke” with “HP”. That should do the trick. ;-)

]]> By: splat http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-want-to-migrate-from-the-as400/#comment-78092 splat Fri, 11 Jun 2010 14:28:05 +0000 #comment-78092 I’ve yet to know of a company that’s migrated from the AS/400 in the interest of “keeping pace with new technologies, user interface, ect.” that hasn’t regretted the bejeesus out of it.

]]> By: yuva47 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-want-to-migrate-from-the-as400/#comment-78049 yuva47 Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:28:21 +0000 #comment-78049 Gentlemen,

This is a discussion from August 2008. Do you think that is still actual? I don’t.

YuVa47

]]> By: missionman http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-want-to-migrate-from-the-as400/#comment-78034 missionman Thu, 10 Jun 2010 08:20:34 +0000 #comment-78034 Hmm… I understand that the initial outlay may put people off. IBM i (AS/400) is not cheap to buy into, however the overall cost of ownership over 3 years (say) can be much less – no DBA headcount to speak of, no complex systems management, almost no downtime, super reliability. Because the DB is integrated in the OS there’s no separation of skillsets. We run an expensive machine with 300 users but the expense includes the OS and DB2, we only have one person at any one time with responsibility for supporting it, and he/she doesn’t have a lot to do and generally gets on with other things (like supporting and rebooting peripheral Windows servers). No tablespaces, complex connection strategies, and it just plain works.
Incidentally there are smaller IBM i editions nowadays that are supposed to compete price-wise. I can’t say whether they do, though…

]]> By: teandy http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-want-to-migrate-from-the-as400/#comment-77999 teandy Wed, 09 Jun 2010 18:23:24 +0000 #comment-77999 Why in the world would you want to downgrade to HP? I can’t think of any platform that has the reliability, scalability, and security of the i5, least of all a wintel solution.

]]> By: oscar1infinite http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-want-to-migrate-from-the-as400/#comment-77970 oscar1infinite Wed, 09 Jun 2010 01:05:11 +0000 #comment-77970 You can use Infinite iSeries to recompile AS/400-based applications to Linux, Windows or Unix. There is now a free download for the iSeries to Linux version for RPG-based applications.

]]> By: gilly400 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-want-to-migrate-from-the-as400/#comment-55592 gilly400 Mon, 11 Aug 2008 08:48:30 +0000 #comment-55592 Hi,

If you’ve already got something arranged to move over the apps, then the decision is already made isn’t it?

Regards,

Martin Gilbert.

]]> By: cgoodin http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/itanswers/i-want-to-migrate-from-the-as400/#comment-55585 cgoodin Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:36:01 +0000 #comment-55585 well i’m trying to convince “them” to migrate to an HP integrity as HP has partnered with Infinite software to move over the apps… my challenges are keeping pace with new technologies, user interface, ect.

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