>IMHO IBM desperately tries to lower software prices for those who
>can get rid of mainframe and migrate to other platforms and keep
>the fees as high as possible for those ("traditional" workload)
>who cannot do it because of complexity etc. reasons.
<rant>
Justifiable or not, its the most stupid way to try to solve the real
problem. It creates an unnecessary complex environment, both for
z/OS code as well as for the customer to customize, monitor, tune.
</rant>
Peter Hunkeler
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