Somewhere at home I have an IBM poster that says "VM Soars with 20,000 licenses". This was probably some time in the early to mid 1990s, and has doubtless dropped hugely since then.
Tony H. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charles Mills > Sent: Tue 2 May, 2006 13:24 > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Anyone have a good guess as to current number of z > or 390 shops? > > I know IBM does not generally publish numbers, but does > anyone have a good working guess they can share with me on > the number of organizations worldwide using Z or 390 boxes? > Something to the nearest thousand would be great. > > Alternatively, I could live with the number of organizations > in the US only, or the number of installations (as opposed to > organizations). Or OS/390 and z/OS numbers as opposed to box > numbers including VM and VSE. > > It's for a presentation to software people who are not > familiar with our box. It's not the point of the presentation > -- it's just for a "no, the mainframe is not dead" slide that > is a footnote to the presentation's main point, which has > nothing to do with choice of platforms. > > Thanks. Write me privately if you prefer: charlesm at mcn dot org > > Charles Mills > +1-707-291-0908 > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
