Are you interested in just z/OS stories or in stories about mainframe Linux also? One big story back in 2006 was the one about Nationwide Insurance moving the processing from 400 servers to 2 IBM z900 Linux systems. At the time they estimate the savings to by $15 million over 3 years. Here is one article on it or you can Google "nationwide linux" to get some more.
http://www.linux.com/feature/59984 Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mautalen Juan Guillermo > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:58 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Migration from Mainframe to othre platforms - the othe bell? > > Hi, > > I am full of reports, sent to Management, about completely succesfull > conversions from the "old and expensive" "IBM Mainframe to other > platforms. And, as you may know, the most important argument is that the > Mainframe is very expensive and the same level of processing, with the > same degree of thrust, can be achieved in other platforms with much less > money. Of course, i dont beleive this, or at least i dont think things > to be so simple. 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