RE: We would be prepared to undertake refactoring prior to starting the migration, if such refactoring would reduce the migration effort
Refactoring source code can reduce migration cost/effort, but doing the refactoring manually does not. To clarify: the effort of deciding what refactoring will be helpful is a manual effort, but we find it is always much more manageable, much more efficient, and much less disruptive to apply the refactoring with gmStudio. gmStudio provides for scalablescaleable, precise, and repeatable process for refactoring of the source code as an integral part of the upgrade solution.
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