On 23 Apr 2010 06:51:27 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> I bet the number of customers migrated off the mainframe is higher than >> number of new customers. > >Sucker bet! >Nobody will/has ever published the number of mainframes (or even mainframe >shops) in use.
First thing needed is for everybody to agree on what "mainframe" means. Second thing is - if some applications get migrated off the mainframe, does that count? -- "In no part of the constitution is more wisdom to be found, than in the clause which confides the question of war or peace to the legislature, and not to the executive department." - James Madison ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
