> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Guy Gardoit > Sent: Tuesday, December 01, 2009 11:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Now is time for banks to replace core system > according to Accenture > > "stay out of the kitchen" - very well put. Any moron can > load Windows, > or update "Firefox" so let's try to make z/OS that way. > Ridiculous and > irrelevant comparison.
Also, IBM is not in the "mass market" for z/OS. If they were, there'd be a "hobbyist" license which allow use of Hercules/390. IBM doesn't want this, for whatever reason. Windows attempts to be all things to all people. So there is the Enterprise versions all the way down to the home version (which nobody in their right mind would consider). "Any moron can load Windows ...". This is somewhat true (I've heard of people who can't!). And what disappoints me is that Linux is trying to be as moron-friendly as well (sorry, Ubuntu). They want computers to be like (they envision) cars. Anybody who is not mentally challenged can get a drivers license. As can any drunkard. Does that mean that they should really be driving? I don't think so, but I'm an "elitist snob". -- 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 [email protected] * 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 [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
