[Info-vax] VSI has a new CEO

[Dave Froble]

On 8/3/2021 3:22 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 8/3/2021 3:01 PM, Dave Froble wrote:
>> I'm aware of a current attempt to move off VMS and the application
>> running on VMS.  "Painful" is one thing.  Just won't work is another
>> thing entirely.  The "new system" just isn't working.  Customer #1 is
>> still trying.  While not officially confirmed, word is customer #2 has
>> decided to stay with the old and working system.  Seems they just
>> signed a deal to be the North American distributor for a well known
>> company, and they refuse to allow new computer system problems to
>> threaten that deal.

This is fun ...

> Migrations are usually tricky.

It is not a migration, it is a totally new replacement.

> - a huge code base

Doesn't matter

> - maybe documentation is lacking/obsolete

Not an issue

> - maybe many of the people knowing the system best has left/retired

Not an issue, well, except for those running the company.

> - the new technology may work better with a change of design than
>   with a 1:1 port

It is not a port.

> - the business wants/needs to add new features to the old system
>   during the entire port making the new system a moving target

Nothing is ever static ...

> - the sales guys for the new technology may have oversold its
>   capabilities

Totally!

> - the sales guys for the team doing the migration may have
>   oversold their skills

Most likely.

> etc.etc.
>
> Arne
>


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