HP3000-L Archives

January 2014, Week 3

HP3000-L@RAVEN.UTC.EDU
Options: Use Monospaced Font
Show Text Part by Default
Show All Mail Headers

Message: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Topic: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]
Author: [<< First] [< Prev] [Next >] [Last >>]

Print Reply
Subject:
Re: Interesting! I wonder why a company would buy Cognos
From:
"Johnson, Tracy" <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:
Johnson, Tracy
Date:
Tue, 21 Jan 2014 17:42:01 +0000
Content-Type:
text/plain
Parts/Attachments:
text/plain (67 lines) 
Or as a Proverb I've always heard in IT when having to support legacy code, "The Cross We Must Always Bear".


Tracy Johnson
Office (757) 766-4318
[log in to unmask]


> -----Original Message-----
> From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
> Behalf Of Robert W. Mills
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 12:38 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Interesting! I wonder why a company would buy
> Cognos
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Powerhouse was only exclusive to the 3000 for a short time. Once they had
> developed a 'usable' version they started on versions for the AS/400 (aka
> iSeries) and Unix. Then followed a version for PCs (didn't do to well) which
> was replaced by Axiant (a proper version that ran under Windows). Finally you
> had a version that ran on the Web.
> 
> regards,
> Robert W.Mills
> 
> 
> On 21 Jan 2014, at 05:08 PM, "Ritenour, Steve" <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
> 
> > I been working entirely on Unix/Linux systems now for the past 6+ years.  I
> have the Cognos report writer installed on a Linux server.  So Cognos is no
> longer exclusive to the HP3000.  So it's not surprising that a company might
> find value in purchasing the product line.
> >
> > Steve Ritenour
> > Harris Corp.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On
> > Behalf Of Michael Anderson
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2014 12:03 PM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] Interesting! I wonder why a company would buy
> > Cognos
> >
> > Very interesting indeed.
> > As stated about halfway down in that article:
> > " PowerHouse tools give it entry into companies that still run the old
> > HP3000"
> >
> > But I'm still wondering Why?
> >
> > --
> > Mike.
> >
> > * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
> > * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *
> 
> * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
> * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *

* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, *
* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *

ATOM RSS1 RSS2