On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 3:07 PM, McKown, John <john.mck...@healthmarkets.com>wrote:
> > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Bruno Sugliani > > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 8:58 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > Subject: Re: IBM countersues Neon over zPrime accelerator > > > > I understood the "when customer does not have a choice" in a > > completely > > different way. ( but then english is not my native language) > > > > In this particular case or thread , I understood that it meant > > "a customer who cannot avoid being a z/OS customer" ( because he has a > > trillion z/os applications that would need 20 years to move > > onto another > > platform. > > Or because he has only cobol programmers or whatever > > expensive reason. > > The idea being that for these customers, the prices can be > > kept artificially > > high on whatever run on GP processors because IBM does not > > sell or rent z/OS > > on other platforms than IBM mainframe. > > my 0.99 euros :) > > > > Bruno Sugliani > > zxnetconsult(at)free(dot)fr > > Well, customers always have a choice. But not necessarily any desirable > ones. A few years ago, our then-management was in a mode of "replace all > systems with Wintel". We had a software vendor who swore on the <insert > religious book of choice> that they had a way to replace __all__ of our z/OS > programs (COBOL, assembler, EasyTrieve Plus, JCL, REXX, ... - batch and > CICS) with equivalent .NET based applications. And, they also averred (word > of the day!) that the cost would be less than keeping the current z-based > applications. > And the result was? ... > > -- > 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<http://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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
