>I think a number of hardware designers that I know would disagree with your >assessment on the long-term survival of the mainframe
I tend to agree. But, IBM does not market it well. To me, they still seem to be of the mind that it will sell itself. This whole education initiative is a case in point. There are no 'big name' schools on the list! 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