On 27 Apr 2010 11:19:52 -0700, eamacn...@yahoo.ca (Ted MacNEIL) wrote: >>Training for z/OS related cours are decreasing. > >Does that mean there are fewer mainframes? >Or, does that mean there are fewer managers willing to spend money on training?
When the philosophy is to spend less on training, a strong criterion for the next "upgrade" will be to go to a system that doesn't appear to need in-house training. Whichever system markets that fit has a head start in selling itself. >Don't get me wrong. >I, regardless of the comments I've been making, DO believe that mainframes are >shrinking. >But, I'd like to see more than anecdotal evidence. >Anything that cannot be substantiated is just more smoke. I see another option - more consolidation. Sure Ross Perot's idea is old, but with so much better communication lines and distributed processing, a computer center in Nebraska, backed up in Alabama can run a hundred company's data needs. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
