Gil, Yeah I agree, also other platforms has to have fast enough I/O. CPUs are faster and faster but I/ O is always the bottleneck. Prices should be also geared toward the smaller platforms.
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 9:31 PM, Paul Gilmartin <paulgboul...@aim.com> wrote: > On Wed, 3 Oct 2012 19:48:27 -0400, Scott Ford wrote: >> >> I understand, but someone is going to have support all the Banking legacy >> mainframes apps etc. >> There are a serious numerous with serious bucks invested. There at or time >> and the numbers probably are larger, we're 8000+ z/os installation, not sure >> how many licenses , Lpars, etc. > Do you believe the costs will reach a plateau (in uninflated dollars) or climb > indefinitely? If the latter, what happens? Federal bailout, like the auto > companies? Other (specify)? > > >> On Oct 3, 2012, at 5:08 PM, "Roberts, John J" wrote: >>> >>> Another thing to keep in mind, that as a product line declines, the costs >>> to support that product line must also decrease, or the remaining customers >>> must bear an ever increasing burden until a breaking point is reached and >>> even the most conservative customers conclude they need to jump ship. >>> >>> If for example, the number of customers for CICS licenses starts to >>> decline, you can expect changes at Hursley Park. Some of the greybeards >>> will be shown the door, replaced with younger people at half the cost. At >>> some point, more and more support and development work will be shipped to >>> cheaper locations (India, China, etc.). And of course, customers will be >>> asked to pay more. And enhancements will slow down. Eventually there will >>> be a death spiral when customers are leaving the platform at such a rate >>> that IBM can't squeeze their people or their customers any more. It is >>> then that they will put the plug, like HP did with the 3000 product line. >>> Or they might be convinced to make it open source like Linux and thereby >>> gain community support. > This becomes a fringe preoccupation, like the people who salvage, repair, > and use Curtas. And even that fringe can't be attracted unless IBM were > to make core z/OS available on inexpensive hardware platforms such as > I've heard of. > > -- gil > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
