| Title: | *OLD* ALL-IN-1 (tm) Support Conference | 
| Notice: | Closed - See Note 4331.l to move to IOSG::ALL-IN-1 | 
| Moderator: | IOSG::PYE | 
| Created: | Thu Jan 30 1992 | 
| Last Modified: | Tue Jan 23 1996 | 
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 | 
| Number of topics: | 4343 | 
| Total number of notes: | 18308 | 
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Note 59.3                   ALL-IN-1 ASSETS and V3.0                      3 of 3
SOLVIT::LEONE                                        19 lines  15-JAN-1993 09:36
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    Hello,
    
    We have a unique customer situation regarding SFCP.  The customer is
    just now getting ready to upgrade their ALL-IN-1 to V2.4.  They currently
    have the rel. 1.1 of SFCP and now want the rel. 1.2.  Even though the
    package was retired, the library is willing to allow the sales rep to
    sell it to the customer since the customer does not have any intention
    of going to ALL-IN-1 3.0 in the near future. 
    
    The Support Manager is concerned about selling it to the customer due
    to the fact that it isn't supported.  He has a question on whether the
    upgrade from 1.1 to 1.2 is "easy" and the customer can do it
    themselves, or if they should sell the customer some "time".  The
    kicker on this one is that the customer is doing the upgrade THIS
    WEEKEND.
    
    Thanks for any input you can give!
    
    Patty
                                                   
| T.R | Title | User | Personal Name | Date | Lines | 
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| 2099.1 | 3.0 the way to go | AIMTEC::MORABITO_P | Fri Jan 15 1993 16:46 | 6 | |
|     Patty,
           I have never done the SFCP 1.1 --> 1.2 Upgrade, but have heard
    that it is pretty painless.  Too bad the customer does not want to go 
    to ALL-IN-1 3.0.  Shared Filing is so much better than SFCP.
    
    Paul
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| 2099.2 | SFCP R.I.P | AIMTEC::WICKS_A | A year behind in more ways than one | Fri Jan 15 1993 18:37 | 22 | 
|     Patty,
    
    Unfortunately your situation is not as unique as it seems since here
    at the CSC we still see as many if not more upgrades to v2.4 as we
    do to v3.0.
    
    Bear in mind also that if the customer's upgrade to 1.2 goes wrong
    then it is not covered under whatever support contract they have since 
    the last resting place of any sort of world-wide SFCP support retired
    SFCP effective 31-DEC-1992 - So it is now really a 'dead product'
    
    One other thing to note is that if your customer intends to apply the
    WPS-PLUS v4 Option Kit to their ALL-IN-1 v2.4 system then they
    will need to obtain the SFCP R1.2A kit also.
    
    The CSC will however continue to do 'best-effort' support though in
    these revenue-generating times at DIGITAL it may not be without some
    money up-front from the customer.               
    
    Regards,
    
    Andrew.D.Wicks 
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