Had the article not been posted yesterday, I would have thought the last paragraph been a joke. Or may be it is anyway.
IBM grew up out of a company founded by former U.S. Census bureau employee Herman Hollerith, who developed punch-card tabulation machines to automate counting of the 1890 census. The Computer-Tabulating-Recording Co was renamed IBM [International Business Machines] in 1924. IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> wrote on 04/01/2008 12:56:24 PM: <snip> > 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. </snip> Eric ----------------------------------------- The information contained in this communication (including any attachments hereto) is confidential and is intended solely for the personal and confidential use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. The information may also constitute a legally privileged confidential communication. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this communication in error and that any review, dissemination, copying, or unauthorized use of this information, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message. Thank you ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
