Steve, I'd love to know where that information comes from. There are 7 universities alone with z/Series running z/OS, and there are certainly far more than 10 companies running z/OS.
I agree that proportionally there are not many mainframe shops in China, but I really question the source of your numbers. India on the other hand seems to very little in the way of Mainframe installation - I only know of one MF site, and the other sites seem to be a small underground community. My friends there tell me it is because IBM had very little presence in India after being asked to leave in the '70s. In Asia (including India) there are no organisations like Share, CMG, etc that allow partitioners to maintain and update their skills and knowledge - I know that because I live in Asia - and it's unlikely that there will be any time soon. Investment in specialised education is also fairly small compared to Western countries, especially as most of it involves international travel. It's no surprise that search engines, forums, and web-sites are used so heavily by the Eastern Hemisphere to look for this sort of information. Ron > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of james smith > Sent: Sunday, 6 August 2006 10:25 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Google Trends > > Stephen > > In relation to the size of the country and population base there are not > many mainframe shops in China. Now that the VSE ones have all but > disappeared there are no more that 20 sites spread across less than 10 > companies. > > James F. Smith > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
