-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gary Green Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2007 2:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: So, when does 3900 equal 33...?
Read on... http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2164958,00.asp <SNIP> <rant> "The fact is that IBM's mainframe sales continue to grow and the number of business that deploy it continue to grown. IBM has done a great job showing that the mainframe in showing that the mainframe is vital, and it continues to be an innovative platform." Let's see, "continue to grown" and "a great job showing that the mainframe in showing that the mainframe is vital" both demonstrate to me part of the problem. I think you can take this back to Berkeley (in Silly Cone valley, known as Berzerkely) and their forward thinking ideas in education that we only need to communicate. We should not be paying all that attention to punctuation or spelling. That one can communicate is what is key. And so you have the sound bite managers. They do not want to know the facts, just the overview and they will make decisions on that basis. <\rant> And so the mainframe is dead because it sounds good, not because it is reality. Regards, Steve Thompson This e-mail message is intended only for the addressee(s) and contains information that may be confidential and/or privileged material. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender by reply e-mail immediately. Use, disclosure or reproduction of any information in this e-mail by anyone other than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. Sterling Commerce is not liable for any loss or damage arising in any way from transmission of the message or use of its attachments. This email may contain links to third party web sites. Sterling Commerce is not responsible for the content or privacy policies of such other sites and the existence of a link in this email does not imply an endorsement of the linked web site or the goods or services offered therein. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
