Timothy Sipples wrote:
IBM invests $5 million in ISU information technology program
By Michele Steinbacher
November 15, 2007
NORMAL — Illinois State University senior Joe Ksiazek is among those who
say IBM’s estimated $5 million investment in the campus’s information
technology program could open doors to more 21st century jobs for him and
his classmates.
“This offers students like me a great opportunity to learn new technologies
being used in the business world,” said Ksiazek, a Chicagoan studying
computer sciences.
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Timothy Sipples
Still, it's kinda' misleading and self-serving:
* "But the new z890 delivered as part of IBM’s academic initiative
is configured with so much state-of-the-art software and data
storage capacity that its value is much closer to $5 million,
said Derry, who manages ISU’s enterprise computing systems."
That is, it is _not_ a $5 million investment; it's a write-off
for IBM; actual cost probably just shipping
* "With the addition, ISU becomes the only public university in
the state to offer its technology students both an undergraduate
program in enterprise computing and hands-on access to such an
IBM mainframe."
Really? Has IBM abandonded NIU?
I didn't see it in this article, but someone already posted that
it seems the software is Linux (probably with z/VM), not z/OS;
is z/OS still IBM's "flagship operating system"?
But, to be fair, it's more value than I've given to ISU. (Although
we have, over the years, contributed training to one local university.)
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