Very interesting. I think I hear an undertone: no planning, so how could anyone possibly know how much and how long? Translation: there is no real intention to do that. Just a bunch of folks playing word games to please a high individual making promises he/she can't keep.
I think I also hear a vibration of some management carefully hedging bets by keeping his z/os crew on the payroll. Keep a positive attitude. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peggy Andrews Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2008 1:32 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Going unsupported - time to fold? To all: Thank you for the various inputs for my thought process - that is one of the benefits and enjoyments of this discussion list. Just to share what is going on here: We are currently moving to a PeopleSoft environment (40 servers, which includes a DR site) to replace CGI-AMS financials/HR packages on the mainframe. Financials is already *mostly* running on the distributed platform and HR is scheduled for golive the beginning of August. Beyond these two applications, there will remain about a dozen assorted CICS applications, which is what they believe they should move off the mainframe as soon as possible, for the "cost savings" (known as budget cuts). Of interest in this story is: 1) these remaining applications are used primarily as our revenue applications; 2) a project manager's progress tracking tool where 10 of these are listed as being in a *planning* stage - although our applications team has not seen individual project plans for each application; 3) this means no design or procurement of replacement applications has begun; 4) a statement has been made to management that the *majority* of these applications will be off of the mainframe by the end of the year. So, I have been involved and cross trained for the Linux environment installed for Peoplesoft, and my supervisor wants to know if I have time to do a z/OS upgrade for something that's *going away*. Again, thanks for all of the posts. Peggy NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
