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> Gibson just said:
>
> > Any thoughts on migration options for the Transact programming
> > language?
>
> As a practical matter, IMO users with complex multi-user Transact
> systems that want / need to "migrate" to something else are
effectively
> faced with recoding from scratch;  I doubt there are or will be any
> "automated" tools that can significantly reduce that effort..  Of
course
> if your in-house team is familiar with the business logic currently
> embodied in your Transact code, you have a big leg up..
>
> And continued:
>
> > I was asked if Image will run on other platforms.  I said no
> > because I had never heard of anyway to let Image run on anything
> > except an HP e3000.  Then I was reading the following web page:
> > http://www.interex.com/tech/3000/e3000migration.html
> >
> > When I came across this item:
> > Database:              HP-Eloquence: HP Eloquence
> > (www.hp-eloguence.com) is a TurboIMAGE clone that runs on
> > UNIX, Linux and Windows NT/2000. It is supported by Marxmeier
> > Software (www.marxmeier.com).
>
> You might want to contact Charles Finley (if he doesn't respond
> directly after reading your message...  :-)  ).  He is very familiar
and
> has long experience with HP-Eloquence, migration options, etc.
>
> > .....  If we migrate can we use the same structure and data?
>
> I don't even begin to be an HP-Eloquence expert, but as far as the
> data structures in your TurboIMAGE database and IMAGE intrinsics,
> I believe the answer is essentially "yes".....  Unfortunately, your
> Transact code will never run on UNIX - Linux -Win2K (except (maybe,
> if HP facilitates the effort) ) under an MPE emulator running on top
of
> Linux)....
>
"Never" is a long time.  We run an older version of Transact on PC's.  I
am
not committing anything But it would not be out of the question to
upgrade
our version to include most, if not all the recent enhancements.

Nick D.

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