I think my experience in Milwaukee bears out the quoted text below. When I first started as a systems programmer, there were approximately 30 to 40 mainframe shops. We had a group that met quarterly until about 1991, and we'd often get at least 30 shops represented. Now, to my best estimate, there are about 10 shops in the area
It's no proof, but, the numbers I give are in alignment with those quoted below. Eric Bielefeld On Tue, 3 Aug 2010 13:03:40 -0500, Elardus Engelbrecht <[email protected]> wrote: > >"The number of mainframes today has dropped to about 10,000, from 30,000 >to 40,000 in earlier decades, according to research firm IDC." > >My, oh, my... Any proof of that claims? > >I need something to swallow that statements... > >Groete / Greetings >Elardus Engelbrecht > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
