> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Guy Gardoit > Sent: Thursday, October 01, 2009 3:13 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: IDCAMS delete with mask > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 10:21 PM, Barbara Nitz > <nitz-...@gmx.net> wrote: > > > ...snip > > And you ask why the platform is dying? > > ... snip > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > Hmm, must be because Windose, Unix, HP and other platforms > are designed and > implemented so perfectly, right? > Please, give me a break. "the platform is dying" - what a ridiculous > statement. > > -- > Guy Gardoit > z/OS Systems Programming
Well, in a sense it is dying. The installed capacity is going up, but it appears that the number of companies actually using it is declining. In the past, IBM went after the "small business" with the 135 or 4341. There is no longer a machine which is cost effective for that demographic, mainly due to software costs. If I had a 10 person company, I'd be a Linux/Intel user. I would not even consider Linux on a small z due to the other hardware costs. I.e. a DASD array is much more expensive than a small NAS box or even AOE arrays. If I were somewhat bigger and needed better performance and reliability, then a pSeries running Linux or perhaps even an iSeries would be more affordable. And the iSeries is very impressive! -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
