Richard Gambrell wrote:


> Thanks. I am aware of SRN and IRIS and have admired the web interface
> and it's apparent customizability.  I appreciate the reference.
>
> UTC has a good many custom applications. Some could use to be replaced,
> but some are very popular and we would want to preserve using them
> in some reasonable fashion.  There are a good many in the middle some
> where, but that could use to be rewritten.
>
> My message to HP3000-l was intended to find what level of interest
> there is in co-developing academic information systems and the
> general interest in customized development.  I plan to use this
> information to help UTC plan the future of it's applications.
>
> We've been burned already by a failed attempt to migrate to SCT Banner
> and are (were) more or less comfortable continuing with custom
> development on
> the 3000.
>
Hi Richard:

Thanks for the clarification.  Although, I have to confess that I knew that
you knew about SRN.  Perhaps I should have been more explicit in my original
post.

My point, and I do have one, is as follows:

        - SRN has a seasoned application in the vertical you seek
        - SRN has experience in running on both MPE and various *nix's.
        - SRN has the newer Web application features that you admit you admire.
        - SRN has significant experience in porting applications from MPE to UNIX.
        - SRN will soon have the capibility to run their software on Windows 2000
and SQL/Server.

Perhaps you could make some sort of deal with them to get where you want to
be.  I know that you know how difficult doing these things well are.

Charles Finley
Transformix Computer Corporation
760-439-3146
Fax 760-439-3146

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