I think a number of hardware designers that I know would disagree with your assessment on the long-term survival of the mainframe.
Christopher Y. Blaicher BMC Software, Inc. Austin Development Labs (512) 340-6154 The comments made are my personal opinions. BMC Software, Inc. makes no representations or promises regarding the reliability, completeness, or accuracy of the information provided in this discussion; all readers agree not to rely on this information or take any action against BMC Software in response to this information. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Clark Morris Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2006 2:35 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: MVS Licenses/MVS sites On 11 Jul 2006 01:13:25 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >>IBM does not publish customer lists for obvious reasons. > >I don't believe anybody was asking for a list of customers. >Like a census, we would just like a head-count without details. > >How well the market is doing would be a nice indicator as to job opportunities and whether the mainframe is truly dying (which I don't believe, but management does. > >But, IBM is their own worst enemy when it comes to pitching the mainframe! I'm not certain that they want the mainframe to survive in the long term. I doubt that I'll see any push for the z9BC here in Atlantic Canada. > >When in doubt. >PANIC!! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
