I think it depends on your comfort level. If you have the in-house
expertise then I would do it. You should install on a test server first
anyways, do this and see how it goes. You could install on any old pc
you have laying around (Windows 2000, XP etc.).
If you plan on going to 8.x or 9.x you still have to go to 6.1 first,
unless you start over from scratch or do an export/import. The sooner
you go to 6.1 the more help you will be able to get if needed.
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Kerry_Muntz
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:19 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Would you upgrade from v5.2 to v6.1?
Hi - I've never used 5.2, so am not sure on the differences to 6.1,
but have used variants of 6 and 8.
One of the things we liked with 6.1 was the Report Builder, which was
great - and easier to use than Crystal.
Decide how much you want to spend on the company tools. Some are
suggesting going to 8 - but if you do that, understand that you'll
need to seriously outlay some coin on new equipment - and user
experience will be slower. And while you'll probably not have the
nightmares we have ourselves (we're so disappointed we'd change back
to 6.1 from 8 in an instant if we could...) there will be teething
issues. Also the retraining and down-time costs may be significant.
If you're not desperate to change, wait and see how well Epicor 9
works.
Personally, if I made decisions on this kind of thing, I'd only fix
something if it was broken. So decide whether it's broken.
I hope you can glean something from this.
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expertise then I would do it. You should install on a test server first
anyways, do this and see how it goes. You could install on any old pc
you have laying around (Windows 2000, XP etc.).
If you plan on going to 8.x or 9.x you still have to go to 6.1 first,
unless you start over from scratch or do an export/import. The sooner
you go to 6.1 the more help you will be able to get if needed.
From: vantage@yahoogroups.com [mailto:vantage@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf
Of Kerry_Muntz
Sent: Friday, December 19, 2008 11:19 AM
To: vantage@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [Vantage] Re: Would you upgrade from v5.2 to v6.1?
Hi - I've never used 5.2, so am not sure on the differences to 6.1,
but have used variants of 6 and 8.
One of the things we liked with 6.1 was the Report Builder, which was
great - and easier to use than Crystal.
Decide how much you want to spend on the company tools. Some are
suggesting going to 8 - but if you do that, understand that you'll
need to seriously outlay some coin on new equipment - and user
experience will be slower. And while you'll probably not have the
nightmares we have ourselves (we're so disappointed we'd change back
to 6.1 from 8 in an instant if we could...) there will be teething
issues. Also the retraining and down-time costs may be significant.
If you're not desperate to change, wait and see how well Epicor 9
works.
Personally, if I made decisions on this kind of thing, I'd only fix
something if it was broken. So decide whether it's broken.
I hope you can glean something from this.
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