Hello Friends:

  Duane Percox wrote:
>So, what are you doing on this 2 year anniversary
>of the fateful day of the HP 11/14/2001 announcement?

Today I'm creating and posting Web pages of the stories in our
November issue of the 3000 NewsWire. That's pretty much the same
thing I was doing two years ago. Of course, the news is different, at
least some of it. People are migrating, but not anywhere near as many
as HP promised. We have stories about migration alternatives, but we
also have stories about homesteaders. Many more companies are staying
put right now than migrating, at least actively.

As far as what we're doing differently, we're accepting sponsorship
ads from people who recommend moving away from the HP 3000. Two years
ago we wouldn't have taken such copy. But our survey shows about 45
percent of our audience is looking over migration. We serve both
transition paths at the NewsWire, and that's different from two years
ago.

By extension, we are learning about the promise of Linux, of the work
in migrations to Oracle, of the budgetary requirements for HP-UX
license transfers, of alternatives in databases like Eloquence. Few
of those would have been suitable material in 2001 for the only
independent news source about the HP 3000.

We're also hearing about how 3000 customers are using the system to
communicate with Oracle databases, how long and how much money it has
taken for a shop to move from the 3000 to PeopleSoft, and what an IT
manager can expect in the way of user acceptance while revamping
program interfaces.

Yesterday I heard SSA's proposal to MANMAN customers about making
them Baan sites, but it was simply a step on the way to something
called SSA Open ERP. So those sites have two transitions in front of
them if they move away from their HP 3000s. One IT manager at the
conference call said he welcomed the move away from MANMAN, because
it will help him implement business process changes. Invoices are not
automatic at this multi-billion dollar firm in Houston. This isn't
really the 3000's fault -- but the introduction of changing platforms
will let the IT manager accomplish some business changes that have
been resisted so far.

It's an interesting time for 3000 sites, no matter what their plans
are for the future. Lots of sites are still forming study committees
to decide what to do about transition. We'll keep track of their
stories and report them in the NewsWire. Head over to
http://www.3000newswire.com/wiresub.html and get signed up to read
about them. Trial subscriptions are free right now. Considering what
the 3000 alternatives are going to cost, we think that's quite a
deal. :)

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Ron Seybold, Editor In Chief
The 3000 NewsWire
Independent Information to Maximize Your HP 3000
http://www.3000newswire.com
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