I was perusing the wiki entry on the HB1197 meeting (http://wiki.gnhlug.org/twiki2/bin/view/Www/HouseBill1197), and noticed something:
"Many of state's applications are mainframe based, most likely no similar packages." I'm not agreeing, I'm not disagreeing. But here's an interesting data point: About a year ago, I sent $100 to the dep't of state, asking for two months' worth of newly incorparated company filings. A couple of months go by, I get nothing. A couple more, I try calling. I even visit. Nobody says anything. Finally, I get my wife to call -- she actually speaks with the person involved: apparently, they switched databases from "mainframe" to "something else" (my guess: SQL Server on XP), and hadn't been able to run reports since then. "Would you like your money back?" I *STILL* haven't received said lists. Which makes me wonder if: a) The vendors are even kinda-sorta competent, and b) if there may not be mainframe-side stuff that OSS could offload onto Linux boxen at huge savings... IF the OSS vendor could actually -- successfully -- replicate the mainframe application's functionality. Stuff for you database/etc., gurus out there to consider. -Ken _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
