Frankly, in many cases, it can be worth it to re-deploy on a different platform. Depending on your needs, there are some well-priced, amazing tools out there. The downside is having to re-develop your maps. The upsides are many, and includes the satisfaction of telling your vendor to pound sand.
At a minimum, tell the vendor your plans. You'd be amazed and the discount you can obtain. Yep, it is a game. Time for you to play. Pete -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Carl Galgano Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:15 PM To: 'Thompson, Glenn'; [email protected] Subject: RE: [EDI-L] System I (AS/400) EDI Software Glen, I totally understand the frustration. What are you doing with the other box? Can you keep it and run your EDI separately than your apps? Or, if the money is that large, you can probably purchase a small box (used), at the same software tier and just transfer your license to a different box in the same tier (I think Inovis charges about $500 to do this). You can purchase a nice dedicated 270 on the used market for probably about 5-6K. We have lots of clients running in a split environment like this with no problems. cjg Carl J. Galgano EDI Consulting Services, Inc. 770-422-2995 www.ediconsulting.com 600 Kennesaw Avenue Suite 400 Marietta, GA 30060 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thompson, Glenn Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 12:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [EDI-L] System I (AS/400) EDI Software I'm a little peeved at the moment. I shouldn't be, because I know how the games works but it still hacks me off. We are running EDI on our System I (AS/400, Iseries, etc.). We are upgrading our System I and the new box is in a higher "tier". Our EDI translator provider wants us to pay them a "L A R G E" sum of money so we can run the existing software on the upgraded box. No more functionality, no new features, no changes, just the same version running on the new box. As I said I know how the game works but I can't believe that companies are still doing this. But as long as they can get away with it they will continue. I guess other than venting I'm wondering if other people have run into this and if they able to "negotiate". Glenn Thompson Senior Analyst [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links ... Please use the following Message Identifiers as your subject prefix: <SALES>, <JOBS>, <LIST>, <TECH>, <MISC>, <EVENT>, <OFF-TOPIC> Job postings are welcome, but for job postings or requests for work: <JOBS> IS REQUIRED in the subject line as a prefix. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/EDI-L/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
