On 13 Nov 2006 16:43:29 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Gould) wrote: >Just curious about the offering. IBM seems to think (if I understand >what is being offered correctly). That most mainframes are hooked up >to the internet. While this may be true for some companies, I suspect >it is not true for most. The sysplex timer (IMO) was a costly >"feature" IMO it really didn't offer a real payback. While it may >have been nice to have it really wasn't high on anyones list of got >to have this. I worked at a place that had one and IMO it was a box >that not vary many people had a clue what it was.
It's interesting how needs change. At one time, I was willing to pay good money for an accurate clock for my PC. Now I accept an inaccurate one that corrects itself daily. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
