PC Magazine Article referring to Universe
PC Magazine Article referring to Universe
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At 04:27 PM 10/19/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>In the October 30 issue of PC Magazine there is an article about a
>company (NU Skin) that updated their web order-entry application. The
>article mentions that one of the back-end systems that calculated the
>commissions was run on a "PIC (sic?) Universe" system.
>
>"...An old COBOL application was retired this summer. The PIC Universe
>system that handles commissions was the most stable of the bunch. "That
>thing is ten years old, but it runs like a dream, so there was no way
>we were getting rid of it," says Garner."
>
>http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%2 ... 752,00.asp
>
>Does anyone know if this system is the IBM/Informix U2 Universe?
>
>Just curious.
>
>Mick
>
>Mick Gahan
>Director, Management Information Services
>Metropolitan Community College
>Omaha, NE
>(402) 457-2402
Matt Hart
Execu-Sys, Ltd.
(212)967-0505 x302
(800)423-1964 x302
At 04:27 PM 10/19/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>In the October 30 issue of PC Magazine there is an article about a
>company (NU Skin) that updated their web order-entry application. The
>article mentions that one of the back-end systems that calculated the
>commissions was run on a "PIC (sic?) Universe" system.
>
>"...An old COBOL application was retired this summer. The PIC Universe
>system that handles commissions was the most stable of the bunch. "That
>thing is ten years old, but it runs like a dream, so there was no way
>we were getting rid of it," says Garner."
>
>http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%2 ... 752,00.asp
>
>Does anyone know if this system is the IBM/Informix U2 Universe?
>
>Just curious.
>
>Mick
>
>Mick Gahan
>Director, Management Information Services
>Metropolitan Community College
>Omaha, NE
>(402) 457-2402
Matt Hart
Execu-Sys, Ltd.
(212)967-0505 x302
(800)423-1964 x302
Yes it is
"Gahan, Mick" wrote:
>
> In the October 30 issue of PC Magazine there is an article about a
> company (NU Skin) that updated their web order-entry application. The
> article mentions that one of the back-end systems that calculated the
> commissions was run on a "PIC (sic?) Universe" system.
>
> "...An old COBOL application was retired this summer. The PIC Universe
> system that handles commissions was the most stable of the bunch.
> "That thing is ten years old, but it runs like a dream, so there was
> no way we were getting rid of it," says Garner."
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%2 ... 752,00.asp
>
> Does anyone know if this system is the IBM/Informix U2 Universe?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Mick
>
> Mick Gahan
> Director, Management Information Services
> Metropolitan Community College
> Omaha, NE
> (402) 457-2402
--
Richard A. Wilson
Lakeside Systems
Smithfield, RI, USA
Voice 401-231-3959
Fax 401-231-3943
rwilson@lakeside-systems.com
www.lakeside-systems.com
"Gahan, Mick" wrote:
>
> In the October 30 issue of PC Magazine there is an article about a
> company (NU Skin) that updated their web order-entry application. The
> article mentions that one of the back-end systems that calculated the
> commissions was run on a "PIC (sic?) Universe" system.
>
> "...An old COBOL application was retired this summer. The PIC Universe
> system that handles commissions was the most stable of the bunch.
> "That thing is ten years old, but it runs like a dream, so there was
> no way we were getting rid of it," says Garner."
>
> http://www.pcmag.com/article/0,2997,s%2 ... 752,00.asp
>
> Does anyone know if this system is the IBM/Informix U2 Universe?
>
> Just curious.
>
> Mick
>
> Mick Gahan
> Director, Management Information Services
> Metropolitan Community College
> Omaha, NE
> (402) 457-2402
--
Richard A. Wilson
Lakeside Systems
Smithfield, RI, USA
Voice 401-231-3959
Fax 401-231-3943
rwilson@lakeside-systems.com
www.lakeside-systems.com
Yep, NuSkin is a customer of ours running UniVerse. We were also involved
in the Broadvision piece as well.
Doug Miller
Strategy 7
At 04:27 PM 10/19/01, you wrote:
>"...An old COBOL application was retired this summer. The PIC Universe
>system that handles commissions was the most stable of the bunch. "That
>thing is ten years old, but it runs like a dream, so there was no way
>we were getting rid of it," says Garner." Does anyone know if this
>system is the IBM/Informix U2 Universe?
in the Broadvision piece as well.
Doug Miller
Strategy 7
At 04:27 PM 10/19/01, you wrote:
>"...An old COBOL application was retired this summer. The PIC Universe
>system that handles commissions was the most stable of the bunch. "That
>thing is ten years old, but it runs like a dream, so there was no way
>we were getting rid of it," says Garner." Does anyone know if this
>system is the IBM/Informix U2 Universe?
> In the October 30 issue of PC Magazine there is an article about a
> company (NU Skin) that updated their web order-entry application. The
> article mentions that one of the back-end systems that calculated the
> commissions was run on a "PIC (sic?) Universe" system.
Wow, IBMs been busy with UniVerse! I never thought it could ever run on a PIC microcontroller (http://www.microchip.com/1010/pline/picmicro/index.htm)
before.
*grin, duck, and run!*
-- Dave Kimmel
Systems Analyst
Office of the Public Trustee
Alberta Justice
> company (NU Skin) that updated their web order-entry application. The
> article mentions that one of the back-end systems that calculated the
> commissions was run on a "PIC (sic?) Universe" system.
Wow, IBMs been busy with UniVerse! I never thought it could ever run on a PIC microcontroller (http://www.microchip.com/1010/pline/picmicro/index.htm)
before.
*grin, duck, and run!*
-- Dave Kimmel
Systems Analyst
Office of the Public Trustee
Alberta Justice