Speaking of finance... changing gears a bit. What's everyone's thoughts on the FinTech developments, digital bank, etc. ? Are they all still just relying on MF for actually doing the work, and just presenting a rosy image to customers and developers?
- KB ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 at 7:56 PM, Matt Hogstrom <m...@hogstrom.org> wrote: > Its all about the workload. AWS is not a platform to run the world’s finances > on but storing someone’s pictures or having applications where BASE is > acceptable and provides accelerated innovation makes it better than the > existing processes in many shops today. > > I have a truck and a Honda Pilot … I use each for their purposes and don’t > criticize the Pilot for not carrying a load of dirt and my truck for gas > mileage that is the not as good as the Pilot. > > Sorry for Amazon as I suspect a number of people are impacted and I’m glad > the mainframe was up to buy my morning coffee. > > > On Dec 7, 2021, at 11:30 PM, Bill Johnson > > 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote: > > > > AWS had a larger & longer outage today, than all the outages on the > > mainframes I’ve worked on in the last 30 years. Much worse. Yet, some here > > think AWS is going to replace the mainframe for critical applications like > > banking, health care, big retail, and insurance. Plus, the mainframe has > > had plenty of negative posts here in the decades I’ve been involved. Nobody > > dies when Netflix isn’t available. (One of the hits from today) people can > > and do die if the drugs they need aren’t available because the computer > > system is down. > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 11:01 PM, kekronbekron > > 000002dee3fcae33-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote: > > > > Not at anybody in particular: > > > > Do we have to make snide remarks because someone else had an outage? > > > > Don't we remember the times when things on the mainframe itself went south? > > > > Has every site's MF env. been 100% available through all these decades? > > > > Is it wrong to fail sometimes? > > > > Is this the attitude with which you'd like to retire, holding onto precious > > remarks and burning the path behind you as you leave? > > > > What does that say about one's mentality and outlook in life? > > > > - KB > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > > On Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 at 3:54 AM, Ronald Wells > > 000002ebc63ff5ef-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu wrote: > > > > > Pretty pic/web pages make the $$ did you not get the memo > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU On Behalf Of > > > John McKown > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 2:57 PM > > > > > > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > > > > > > Subject: Re: AWS is down. > > > > > > ** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION ** > > > > > > Oh, but they advertise that they can replace mainframe. Well, maybe the > > > processing. But not the on site reliability. Of course, for WFH, the > > > internet is the week point. And, most likely, also the home equipment. I > > > just had to reboot my Windows PC at home because it decided to stop > > > talking to my internet router. > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2021, 12:49 Bill Johnson < > > > 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > > > > > Amazon Web Services is down. I can’t get to my pictures. Glad we don’t > > > > > > > > have our mainframe running there. > > > > > > > > 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 > > > > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
