[Info-vax] Java on VMS, was: Re: So is there still a hobbyist program or not

[Dave Froble]

On 7/20/2019 6:16 PM, Scott Dorsey wrote:
> =?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?=  <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> I think it is rare that applications get totally rewritten often. Cost
>> prevents that.
>>
>> Drivers for rewrites are usually one or a combination off:
>> 1) the platform is burning aka no support from vendor and
>>    difficult to find people with skills
>> 2) changes in general IT strategy where the platform is
>>    no longer an option because it will not run in the new
>>    environment
>> 3) there is a business need for very significant enhancements
>>    that just are not practically possible with current
>>    platform
>> 4) there is a significant cost saving by changing platform
>
> The aforementioned Lubri-Moly issue is a case of #4, sort of.  The idea was
> that by moving from proprietary applications designed specifically for that
> business to commercial general-purpose business applications that there would
> be cost savings in software maintenance, and that the software would in the
> end be more flexible.
>
> This is not the case, as anyone who has ever seen an SAP disaster can attest.
> --scott
>

I've seen, 20 years ago, SAP consultants costing $300/hr.  Cost savings? 
  Yeah, right!

Something that runs a business in a manner that provides special 
benefits is what keeps customers coming back.  Only a Harvard Business 
School bean counter who doesn't actually know the business would 
advocate such a move.  They have ruined many businesses, but, there 
always seems to be more employers who think highly of the degree, and 
the idiot moves on.

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