Sure keep me in clothes, shoes and feed for about 20+ years plus of course my family. If they are dead, I must be working on ghost machines......lol
Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer [m] 678.266.3399 x304 [p] 609-346-0399 [f] 678.266.3399 [EMAIL PROTECTED] This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately or let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and then delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 8:01 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: The Obsolete mainframe? Paul Gilmartin wrote: > Which itself is biasing the number, since some major mainframe > hardware and software vendors nowadays derive a preponderance of > their "total earnings" from non-"mainframe hardware and software" > lines of business. > From what I know, just the opposite is true. Mainframe revenues at large ISVs subsidize their entire business -- including massive expenditures developing products for non-mainframe platforms. -- 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/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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