All, I have read over the posts and I agree with most of you. But there seems to be another factor. Maybe it's always been there and I simply accepted it in my 'younger' days, the lazy factor. I see it on here also, 'do my research for me', 'do my job for me' , everyone I know on the mainframe side of IT pretty much earned their stripes working a lot of hours and researching etc. This includes me. I will be the first to help you, but at least RTFM. A z/OS system is not a PC.
Another observation , the z/OS skillset is disappearing. The ability to think clear and organized and understand what is needed for the situation. 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 Jan 29, 2013, at 11:21 AM, Ron Wells <ron.we...@slfs.com> wrote: > and what about Linux -- on the Z platform > > > > From: Don Williams <donb...@gmail.com> > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Date: 01/29/2013 10:19 AM > Subject: Re: mainframe "selling" points > Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> > > > > In my company's case, it's not a matter of asking our vendor to work with > IBM. The vendor already works with IBM, but has chosen to phase out their > mainframe product and create a new one that runs on PC-based servers. For > various reasons, the hospital decided to open the field and look for a new > Electronic Medical Record (EMR) package across all platforms. My > understanding is that there is no viable EMR package available on the z/OS > platform. This made me wonder -- is there no EMR vendor who chose to > develop their product on the z/OS platform? I expect that successful > vendors carefully chose their platform(s). If they are not chosing z/OS, > why not? > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Timothy Sipples > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2013 1:01 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: mainframe "selling" points > > Don Williams asks: >> I wonder what percent were using z/OS? > > I think you're asking what percentage of new mainframe customers run z/OS. > IBM doesn't say as far as I know, but it's over half (greater than 50%) > according to what I've read elsewhere. That's in agreement with my > anecdotal experience. > > With respect to the application discussion, I generally agree. > Fundamentally IBM is keeping pace or even leading in providing all popular > (and even not-so-popular) application hosting environments on zEnterprise, > and that's important. (Java is an example where IBM was/is ahead of the > curve.) Also, if there's an application that isn't yet on zEnterprise that > you'd like to see on zEnterprise, ask the vendor, and ask the vendor to > work with IBM. IBM has been increasing its application developer support > resources recently, and there's a steady stream of new applications > announced every month, every quarter, every year. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------------------------- > Timothy Sipples > Consulting Enterprise IT Architect (Based in Singapore) > E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Email Disclaimer > This E-mail contains confidential information belonging to the sender, > which may be legally privileged information. This information is intended > only for the use of the individual or entity addressed above. If you are > not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for > delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any > disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance > on the contents of the E-mail or attached files is strictly prohibited. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
