Vivek,
I agree with your plan to upgrade the OS once and think that will be the
way to go. But in my conversation with GSS today about this topic, and
though the tech flash went out, W2003 still has user interface issues
with no work-arounds, and as such, per GSS, is not supported until it
appears on the MTR page (you'll notice in the Tech Flash it even
references that point). The reason for my opening a call was that a
client wants to go to W2003, and I've seen the Tech Flash, but the MTR's
don't make any mention of it, so before I told the client it is or isn't
supported, I wanted the official answer. I just wanted to let you know
that I dealt with your exact issue just today.
Again, I'm not trying to say you can't upgrade nor that OneWorld/ERP 8
will not function (from a logic and processing aspect) properly, but in
my experience, the user interface issues, especially if using XP as the
client are enough of a nuisance that I'd wait to upgrade until support is
documented on the MTR page and there is more of a user base to report
issues.
As far as the client issue is concerned for W2K server systems...XP works
fine (with known alterations) as a client OS, but I'd still recommend W2K
Pro for development/package building machines.
Again, good luck with your project and I hope you post your successes and
"opportunities" during the execution phase of your upgrade. I'm
especially anxious to see if XP clients react more favorably with W2003
as the server OS.
Regards,
Jim
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