[Info-vax] bootcamp ?

[David Froble]

Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
> Keith Parris wrote 2013-04-25 22:17:
>> On 4/25/2013 4:13 AM, Jan-Erik Soderholm wrote:
>>> 5. Port to Linux
>>> 6. Port to Windows
>>> 7. Port to an open source OpenVMS compatible OS, if developed
>>>
>>> At least for us, there is another option that I think
>>> is the most likely:
>>>
>>> 8. Scrap the VMS apps all together and use something else.
>>
>> Perhaps if I had used the word "Move" or "Migrate" instead of "Port" in
>> options 5 and 6 your option would have been covered in one of the two of
>> those?
>>
> 
> Yes, maybe. These in-house apps would *probably* be replaced
> by some MES ("Manufacturing Execution System") such as those
> from Honeywell, Siemens or similar. I think "Replace" is a
> better term.
> 
> Now, it is an adventure to replace what has been adopted
> and trimmed to the organisation för 30 yaers with some
> "boxed" standard system, of course... :-)

Adventure may not be the appropriate word.

How competitive is the particular products?

Is the logic built into the current system perhaps a competitive 
advantage?  If so, go generic, and perhaps the business doesn't thrive, 
or even survive.

> Some parts of the current system might move up into the
> ERP (JDE) and other parts would be replaced by the MES.
> 
> Jan-Erik.