> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Matt Simpson > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 1:07 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Another one bites the dust > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > Seems like IBM would put a few summer interns to work > writing conversions > > GUIs showing the conversion balloon. > > In many cases, the replacement hardware/software also comes from IBM > (pseries/AIX/Shark/DS4000 in our case). Why in the world > would IBM want > to warn customers in advance how much it's going to cost to > get rid of > the "expensive mainframe", when they stand to make far more as the > customer keeps rolling in more "cheap servers"? > -- > Matt Simpson -- z/OS Support
We need to remember that the iSeries, pSeries, xSeries, and zSeries marketting organizations are separate. I am sure that the pSeries people would be glad to replace as many zSeries machines are they could. And vice versa. IBM is not "one big happy family" with a single corporate goal. They are more like the user departments in a company - each out to get what they can and devil take the hindmost! Well, the user departments that I've had to work with at times seem to be that way. -- 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
