I would question some of the claims being made on the Tmaxsoft website http://www.tmaxsoft.com/news/news/2006_08_02.shtml
> 1 second improvement in online response time, 'improved' security? That said - it is another customer gone and like the 'dodo' will probably never come back! James F. Smith -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of McKown, John Sent: 07 September 2006 04:19 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Another BIG Mainframe Bites the Dust > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R. > Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2006 3:13 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Another BIG Mainframe Bites the Dust > > > Yeah, I saw that comment too, about running HP-UX without admins. I > support both a superdome and the "mainframe" (z9BC) here - > and the 'dome > is physically twice the size of the z9, as well as taking more of my > time to support than z/OS. > > Rex I did not read it that way. I read it as the cost of the z/OS people is part of the savings. I read "mainframe operators, admins or system programmers" as prefixing all those jobs with the word "mainframe". Not that there were no HP-UX sysadmins. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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