Lesson (re)Learnt

• Users are ready to move to OO if there is

  • A clear framework and a path to it
  • Support and consultancy for new users
  • Training targeting the framework
  • Some flexibility toward FORTRAN inclusion

• People are afraid to be unproductive for a long time or to waste their work

  • Many old FORTRAN users provide their contributions
  • Remote users contribute once a framework is decided

• A mutual trust relationship has to be built