Originally Posted by
ridefar
My experience (observer only) is that it is A LOT cheaper to just let the contract expire. Although there are lots of perils and traps with that approach too. The biggest one is that they likely have zero application or operational experience internally any more, and IBM takes everybody when the contract ends.
Depends how long the contract is, sometimes they've wiggled into long long term service contracts and they're not providing the levels the organization needs.