Bill, They are also in the business of making hardware, my father worked for Unisys and when I mentioned I wanted to get into this industry he's the one that steered me toward IBM.
Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Oct 3, 2012, at 12:52 PM, Bill Fairchild <bfairch...@rocketsoftware.com> wrote: > IBM is not in business to make mainframes or to keep legacy mainframers > employed. IBM is in business to make profits for IBM stockholders to divide > up each year. > > Bill Fairchild > Programmer > Rocket Software > 408 Chamberlain Park Lane * Franklin, TN 37069-2526 * USA > t: +1.617.614.4503 * e: bfairch...@rocketsoftware.com * w: > www.rocketsoftware.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Roberts, John J > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:15 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Career Advice for the Mainframer - Was RE: Another Light goes out > > I know that there will be people on this list that will insist that the > mainframe platform is absolutely viable for the foreseeable future. But what > they are really saying is that they will support it as long as it is > profitable, and drop it the very day that it isn't. My old employer > (Amdahl/Fujitsu) did exactly that, going from Flagship to Nothing in just two > years. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
