Sorry to veer this discussion away from the frustrated English teachers who would rather discuss pendatics rather than IBM-Main in this thread but ...
Edward E Jaffe wrote: >I haven't seen this announcement. But, even if they've stopped selling >zSeries processors. So what? System z is all the rage now! ------------------------------------------------------------------- OK, I'll explain "so what". It's the politics of the situation that's important. With all the anti-mainframe forces circling like vultures looking for the slightest excuse to get rid of it, something like this could be the proverbial straw that breaks the camel's back. Systems like this are sold as being good for "x" years. This is done with a mid-life upgrade in mind to make it so. If it doesn't last that long, management will ask "Why not?". Yes, I see we have a little time left to order an upgrade & we will probably do so just to get it in. Getting a used box in for an upgrade is a poor alternative to having IBM bump the current one for several reasons: (1) This means having a seperate, new box in the computer room with it's additional requirements for cooling, UPS, & floor space. (2) An upgrade like that requires re-cabling all controllers when doing the upgrade, not a pretty thought. (3) Messy software licensing upgrade since the serial # changes - a real pain. (4) Again, politics & budgeting may require a different path for a different box as opposed to upgrading the one that's already in. It seems like IBM keeps shooting itself in the foot when they do stuff like this. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
