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Jacksonville, Fla.-based Augustine Asset Management is replacing SunGard/Shaw Data's Microshaw portfolio management and accounting system with Advent Software's Axys. Microshaw is not Year 2000-compliant and was unable to fulfill some basic portfolio management needs for Augustine, said Ron Burns, president. The company is not accepting any new clients until Axys is installed. A spokesman for Shaw said Microshaw is an old, inexpensive and low-end system, and the firm has stopped supporting the product. He added that the company was encouraging its current Microshaw clients to switch over to PORT, its portfolio management and accounting system that uses newer technology. According to Burns, PORT was not a consideration for Augustine. "I've been in the business for some time. I've seen PORT, and it doesn't fly with me," Burns said, but he could not specify what features PORT is lacking. A spokesman for Shaw declined to comment.