I concur also. I wonder what year my company was included in the "250 per 2 years" statistic. We brought in a brand-spanking-new HP superdome back in 2001 as our mainframe (a 7060H50!!) killer. As per my CTO back then "don't do any maintenance to the mainframe because it will be gone in 3 years". You can guess the rest. Our z9-BC is running happily; the superdome is in the process of being replaced by newer, smaller (physically) HP-UX boxes, and the "get off the mainframe" project has been shelved.
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Hal Merritt Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 12:52 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: "The Register" article on HP replacing z Concur. When I read the article my 'male bovine excrement' alarms went off. It is clearly (to me, anyway) based on facts as perceived by HP marketing. And we all know how marketing perceives and conveys 'facts' ;-) As would most Inquiring Minds, I'd like to know the reality. But I doubt that's going to happen any time soon. PS: I find The Register to be pretty much what it claims to be. With that in mind, its credibility rates somewhat above a typical US politico, way above a typical software salesperson, but well below the collective wisdom of this august group :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
