I was thinking (dreaming) today about what if when I giving training for MVS stuff and each student had their own mainframe instead of connecting to a central one. We could do so much more.
Here is what I wonder. Does IBM want to be a software company, a hardware company, or a service provider? Or what? No matter what, though, making z/OS software accessible for more people to learn can only increase IBM's profits no matter what they want to be. I mean, come one, I'm not going to replace my spread sheets with a CICS application. Anyway, well put, Doc. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Doc Farmer > Sent: 4. joulukuuta 2007 18:13 > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: T3 Sues IBM To Break its Mainframe Monopoly > > I hate to say it, but I hope IBM loses this legal fight. > > Why? > > Come one, be serious. How many of us here would LOVE to have our own > mainframe sitting on a spare laptop, just for bragging rights alone? > "Well, I > just finished up this work on my mainframe, and..." is an ego boost > equivalent > to getting an office visit from the Grace Hopper Cheerleaders! I know > just > having a small test platform like that would be a fantastic addition to > the "cool > factor" that a Supreme Nerd God like myself (as verified by > http://www.nerdtests.com/ft_nq.php ) needs for street cred with the > plastic > pocket protector crowd! > > Come on, IBM! Make that software available to IBM-MAIN'ers, RACF-L'ers, > etc., for $100 a pop, and you'll be able to make at least $20 profit on > each > copy. That'll help your bottom line (not to mention your pre-Christmas > sales, > which I know you depend on for 70% of your annual income) and make > several dozen tech-heads like myself very, very happy! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
