A point often overlooked is that those applications don’t have to provide accurate information and 6 nines availability. On Sat, Mar 1, 2025 at 14:16 Phil Smith III <[email protected]> wrote:
> > one mainframe box can handle far more transactions that a row of open > systems servers can. > > Sure, and that's why Facebook and Instagram and Pinterest and friends use > mainframes, right? Sorry, that assertion no longer passes the smell test.' > > As for being more secure--again, not necessarily. Possibly still more > securABLE but none of it is majick, and plenty of non-mainframe systems are > robust and secure. > > My point is not to pick a fight with you, sir, but to note that sticking > to past statements that clearly no longer fit the facts actually hurt the > mainframe rather than helping it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf > Of william janulin > Sent: Saturday, March 1, 2025 10:35 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: The mainframe is alive > > True but one mainframe box can handle far more transactions that a row of > open systems servers can. Plus it is a lot more secure from hackers. > Just sayin > On Friday, February 28, 2025 at 07:18:12 AM EST, z/OS scheduler < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Please don't kid yourself ;-) > > The mainframe died the moment tcpip was introduced and it became "just > another server" in the sea of servers. > > > Distraughted > > James > > < > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > Virus-free.www.avast.com > < > https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail > > > <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> > > Op zo 12 jan 2025 om 22:26 schreef Howard Rifkind < > [email protected]>: > > > AND WELL > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Jan 12, 2025, at 01:37, The North American Becker < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > https://youtu.be/z3Canfs_2Gc > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO > > > IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email > to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
