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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Mon 18th Jun 2007 22:09 UTC, submitted by Joachim Benjamins

"Serenity Systems International and Mensys BV are pleased to announce the immediate availability of eComStation 2.0 RC1. This release is available to customers with an active Software Subscriptions Services subcription." There are a lot of changes and new features; you can find them in the announcement and changelog.

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RE: rajo

by zizban on Tue 19th Jun 2007 00:21 UTC in reply to "rajo"

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2005-07-06

Banks and insurance companies. I worked at Prudential a few years back and nearly every desktop was Warp 4 or eComstation.

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RE[2]: rajo

by truckweb on Tue 19th Jun 2007 09:00 in reply to "RE: rajo"

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2005-07-06

This almost seem like the Y2K bug to me. I know it cost money to convert software, but just how long do banks and insurance compagnies think they have with OS/2?

My Bank here (CIBC) was on OS/2 but a couple years ago they moved to Windows with better, up-to-date software.

One day or another, they will have to scrap what they use and start over. C#/.NET (MONO) anyone?

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RE[3]: rajo

by Soulbender on Tue 19th Jun 2007 09:24 in reply to "RE[2]: rajo"

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2005-08-18

"I know it cost money to convert software, but just how long do banks and insurance compagnies think they have with OS/2?"

As long as it gets the job done it would be foolish to change it.

"One day or another, they will have to scrap what they use and start over. C#/.NET (MONO) anyone?"

Well, one day or another they'd have to scrap C*/Mono too.

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RE[3]: rajo

by jessta on Tue 19th Jun 2007 15:16 in reply to "RE[2]: rajo"

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2005-08-17

As long as the software still does the job, the longer you wait to upgrade, the more money you save.

Banking software is expensive to make because it requires a lot of testing as the outcome of an error can be very damaging.

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