agreed 100% i would add that our 19000 inhouse cobol programs do not leave much alternative than to hope for a big life expectancy for our mainframe In some cases the choice is that there is no choice . be it cobol or some fancy software running only on some fancy OS for some fancy department . Bruno Sugliani zxnetconsult(at)free(dot)fr
On Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:38:49 -0600, Howard Brazee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On 24 Jun 2008 21:41:28 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve >Comstock) wrote: >>What's the driving factor that gives mainframes any >>kind of real life expectancy, given that Windows and >>xNIX are now up to MF standards? >Evaluate your needs and wants, compare them with the costs involved - >just as you do with any other purchase. >Some people compare computers with transportation. Sometimes a cargo >ship is the best solution, other times, trains, large trucks, small >trucks, vans, sedans, race cars, bicycles, Segways, feet, or crawling >work better for particular tasks. >Each tool has different standards, different costs, different >strengths, and different weaknesses. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
