< You see: that is were your cost will go... I agree, it's a low cost solution, not for free.
I made a simple calculation. If I buy a commercial software I had to pay the purchase price, I had to pay for implementation and then each year for maintenance. With the use of open source software, initially I have much effort, then this is rather low. Therefore my Company save money in the amount of my salary, month per month. <Sorry, no, you will not. Because you will have to do it all yourself and on your <own. In my book you are always better of buying something than building it. Ok, the solution is only for our needs, but suitable for our purposes. And changes are straightforward. Albert Jan MOEYERSONS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Gesendet von: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> 20.06.2008 11:05 Bitte antworten an IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> An [email protected] Kopie Thema Re: Antwort: Thoughts/Experience with migration from Serana Changeman to SCLM On Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:17:11 +0200, Albert Klimek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >In the past we had a similar situation. The management had decided to remove CA Librarian. I can understand one would want to remove CA; after all, although I have no experience with Librarian, I do have experience with CA. No offence... >I know nothing about SCLM, but we have selected CVS/MVS for our purposes. Again, I have no real experience using either SCLM or CVS, but both only support well the versioning and give you (very) little life cycle (workflow) management. And it is precisely the life cycle management that I feel is important. >The special decision criteria for CVS on MVS: >- low cost solution by using Open Source Don't be fooled by the fact that you do not have to pay $$$ for acquiring the software. The real cost is in implementation, migration, training, etc. >I developed an ISPF-Frontend for ease of use and to control the workflow (test, quality-control, integration, production) You see: that is were your cost will go... > Therefore we are very flexible for future expansions. Sorry, no, you will not. Because you will have to do it all yourself and on your own. In my book you are always better of buying something than building it. My opinion. Cheers, Jantje. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html VERLAGSGRUPPE WELTBILD GMBH Sitz der Gesellschaft: Augsburg Handelsregister Augsburg HRB 6035 Ust-ID-Nr: DE 127501299 Geschäftsführung: Carel Halff (Vorsitzender), Dr. Klaus Driever, Werner Ortner, Herbert Zoch Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Dr. Klaus Donaubauer
