[Default] On 22 Jun 2017 09:05:37 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main pinnc...@rochester.rr.com (Tom Conley) wrote:
>On 6/22/2017 11:30 AM, Phil Smith wrote: >> John McKown wrote: >>> https://www.channele2e.com/news/bmc-acquiring-ca-inc-going-private/ >> >> If this goes through, I think we'll have to admit that antitrust is dead. >> Remember that DOJ examined the CA-Sterling deal way back in 2000 for >> antitrust, but let it go through. 17 years later, there are many fewer >> players... >> -- >> > >With the current administration and DOJ, you-know-what through a goose, >which is bad for all of us. Given the total size of the market I would say it is almost inevitable. The number of mainframe shops probably is continuing to decline. Millions of lines of COBOL code have been turfed in favor of SAP and its competitors. In recent decades, IBM has not been that interested in the small mainframe shop even though these can grow into being big mainframe shops. The market for ISVs is shrinking. Clark Morris > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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
