This all comes down to what the site is willing to do for their long term viability. If they are happy with the current release and hardware, and are willing to live with the fact that at some point in time they just won't be able to fix the hardware, then they obviously are welcome to pay IBM for the old software to do that.
At some point it will occur to them that they can't function in that environment. They have probably already put off doing "things" that they would like to do (software wise), because the hardware won't support the extra load, or the software can't handle the specific required by the code they want to write. I have learned that you can't force a company who is in the "head in the sand" mode to pull their head out until they are good and ready to do so. Typically all it really takes is pointing out that they can actually save a good chunk of money by doing so, but sometimes even that is not enough. In the end, you can't force them to do anything they don't want to do. I guess it's like having someone who has a substance abuse problem, "you" can't want them out of their condition, they have to want out for themselves. Brian Westerman ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
