On 5/22/2013 11:38 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote:
By the way, when IBM announced the Mainframe Charter 10 years ago, it promised to deliver on a few important principles. One of the most important was to improve the value of zSeries (now zEnterprise). Very importantly, IBM did not specify exactly what form those ongoing improvements would take, at least in part because IBM couldn't predict everything. I'm pretty sure IBM didn't predict the DB2 Analytics Accelerator in 2003, for example -- at least not in detail. IBM hasn't issued many charters -- maybe two? -- and I think many observers missed how seriously IBM took (and takes) the Mainframe Charter.
I really liked the Mainframe Charter. It was a great way to kick-off the mainframe's 40th anniversary celebrations!
I was disappointed when IBM started systematically scrubbing away every trace of the Mainframe Charter from its web sites. (Fortunately, they left this FAQ that explains what it was all about: http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/includes/download/mainframe_charter_faq.pdf).
I hope they plan to do another all new one next year to help celebrate the mainframe's 50th anniversary!
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