> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2007 9:11 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM to the PCM market(the sky is falling!!!the > sky is falling!!) > > > On 6 Apr 2007 05:57:25 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Cole) wrote: > > >And Seymour's right, you then went on to totally miss the > point that, > >outside of the currently dying FLES-ES offerings, IBM's pricing > >structure is simply not affordable to small businesses such as mine > >and many others who are developing products for the z/OS world. > > So what's the current state of the business of having computer centers > shared by many small businesses?
Everything old is new again. Didn't this used to be called "Time Sharing"? How does it differ from an outsourced service provider such as EDS, ACS, et al.? Or are you talking about some sort of high tech "co-op"? Would a bunch of software developers want to share a system? I know that I, paranoid that I am, would be very concerned about security and privacy issues. As well as backup and recovery. If two companies came out with similar products in a similar time frame would it be possible piracy (of the idea at least, if not any actual code), or just kismet? I don't know how important it is to small developers, but having a complete system on a laptop that can be taken to a potential customer's site and demo'ed seems really nifty to me. Not having to have the customer take time and effort to install a "proof of concept" just for a tryout would be nice. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
