On Mon, Apr 4, 2011 at 1:24 PM, Scott Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > But Corporate America is going to get a rude awaking wh > Amen, Sam. > > But Corporate America is going to get a rude awaking when us 'dinosaurs' call > it > quits.........these 30+ yr olds dont want to know about z/OS and IBM ...
I completely agree with this! > > > Scott J Ford > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: "Knutson, Sam" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Mon, April 4, 2011 4:20:47 PM > Subject: Re: Mainframe Fresher > > It is usually where some significant corporate data lives. The cost to rip > and > replace everything is usually prohibitive and would be very disruptive so > layer > after layer of application code is built on distributed platforms. Eventually > something on those distributed platforms does a business transaction on the > System z back end that gets hardened into DB2, IMS, etc. Follow the data! > The > mainframe is still the most cost efficient, secure, available platform for > data > of record. > > > Best Regards, > > Sam Knutson, GEICO > System z Team Leader > mailto:[email protected] > (office) > 301.986.3574begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 301.986.3574 end_of_the_skype_highlighting > > (cell) > 301.996.1318begin_of_the_skype_highlighting 301.996.1318 end_of_the_skype_highlighting > > > "Think big, act bold, start simple, grow fast..." > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Steve Comstock > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2011 4:06 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Mainframe Fresher > > <SNIP> > > But I am curious as to why the mainframe doesn't just go > away: there must be one or more z/OS applications that the Windows folks just > can't beat. Can you describe what applications are keeping the mainframe > around? > And why Windows folks can't make it go away? > > > > ==================== > This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended > recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. > Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this > email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please > destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
