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JC > This bit stood out the most for me: > > "According to Sangho Yoon, director of the information strategy team at > Samsung, the decision to move off Big Iron was strictly financial." > > Moving their data warehousing and reporting systems to a superdome would > make some sense, but I would think reliability and security would be the > top priority for their operational systems. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of R.S. > Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2006 10:47 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Another BIG Mainframe Bites the Dust > > > Maybe we won't know the details, the horror stories from administration > room. > However we will see if the company survive. There are companies which > got rid of mainframe and survived. It is possible. Sometimes it can be > profitable (less costly). > > Of course we can still "suspect" (or rather hope): what about security, > do they need more staff, maybe they were oversized very much (are YOU > oversized???), maybe their application was horribly inefective, maybe > they will have problems with EOQ/EOY, maybe they have problem with > response times, etc. > > -- > Radoslaw Skorupka > Lodz, Poland > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > John Cassidy (Dipl.-Ingr.) Berninastrasse 9 8057 Zuerich Europe Telephone: +41 (0) 43 300 4602 Mobile: +41 (0) 79 207 3268 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.JDCassidy.net http://www.europeunited.org http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_United ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
