On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 7:57 AM, Allan Staller <[email protected]> wrote:
> From previous experience (with another vendor), > > Beware of any promises made by sales team (sales, tech marketing,....). > If (whatever it is) is promised and agreed to, ensure it is written into > the contract with an appropriate penalty for non-performance (up to and > including cancellation of the contract w/refund). > Of course it would be up to your legal team to ensure proper contract > contents. > > I have seen to many cases of over-promise/under deliver to not be > extremely wary of any such vendor. > This is _exactly_ why the outsource of our z environment failed. The vendor failed to deliver what was promised, when promised. I even heard rumors that they came back to us about half-way through the project asking for us to pay an extra 10% because they we're making any profit on the contract (fixed cost). After we said "No!" (or more profane words to that effect) is when the project _really_ got bogged down. The contract itself did not have any penalties for missed dates. > > HTH, > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of James Wellingtin > Sent: Wednesday, May 3, 2017 3:29 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Migration of Mainframe to other plat form. > > Hey > I know this here might be a bit of a nasty question to ask Have a > customer who has intensions of migrate to another platform than IBM > Mainframe, don't know what ? > They have asked MetaWare to be the stakeholder in this . > At the moment it is in the very very beginning of he process. > > I think this is an issue, that we all face right now . > > Does anybody have had experience with Metaware, and tell if they had > success ? > That is , did they succeed in full migration or partial migration ? > > Or was it all dropped ? > > All input would be appreciated > > > > Regards > > James > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ::DISCLAIMER:: > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------------------- > > The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and > intended for the named recipient(s) only. > E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as > information could be intercepted, corrupted, > lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in > transmission. The e mail and its contents > (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability > on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. > Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the > author and may not necessarily reflect the > views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, > dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, > distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior > written consent of authorized representative of > HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error > please delete it and notify the sender immediately. > Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses > and other defects. > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ------------------------------------------------------------ > ---------------------------- > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Advertising is a valuable economic factor because it is the cheapest way of selling goods, particularly if the goods are worthless. -- Sinclair Lewis Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
