Ed, Thanks for sending that link. That article raises a number of questions. If you're the head of an agency and your z machine is swamped, can you upgrade? I'm sure the process takes at least a year to upgrade, but if you can't get a replacement machine, what do you do? Conversions off the mainframe take years. Maybe this is not an issue and they can just buy from a 3rd party reseller. Does anyone know anything about the federal governments procurement policies of new mainframes? Just curious, although as a citizen of the US, that is something that affects me from a tax standpoint.
I was just thinking last week that Ed Gould hasn't posted in a while. I know he has been retired for several years, so he's definitely not on vacation. This type of article was the one thing he did a good job on in his postings. Eric ---- Edward Jaffe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSWNAS644620080401 > > Ed Gould must be on vacation. So, I'm posting this instead. ;-) > > -- > Edward E Jaffe > Phoenix Software International, Inc > 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 > Los Angeles, CA 90045 > 310-338-0400 x318 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ -- Eric Bielefeld Systems Programmer Aviva USA Des Moines, Iowa 515-645-5153 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
