We're looking at using several different vendors to convert the data we
have on IMAGE databases to Oracle databases running under Unix.  The
vendors (most notably, Metalogic Systems and Cognizant) claim that they
don't need to know the applications to do the conversion.  They have
automated processes to catalog the data, then suggest data models for
the Oracle tables.

Naturally, the vendors promise that our applications will run faster w/
Oracle and Unix than they do under MPE and Image.  (btw, thanks Richard
Gambrell for your reply to David Debus original question - it was very
timely, my management needs to see this kind of info).

1) Does anyone have any experience w/ these vendors or this type of
conversion? Good things, bad things, tales of woe, precautions to take?

2) Any other people that you would recommend that we look at?