> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Duane Weaver > Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 1:58 PM > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Another long slow decline. > > > On top of that is back up power supply. We are increasing our UPS > and other back up power supplies over the next several years. They > wont look at what increasing the servers are doing to other > requirements. > > They simply see the cost of the mainframe is x. They never see > the cost of servers. As Steve pointed out, they likely dont even know > the tco of servers. But that is not important. The mainframe is too > expensive in their mind. The mainframe is too passe. > > duane
This reminds me of my first job, back in the late 1970s. The place was going through a DOS to OS/VS1 conversion. Why, when DOS was doing the work? Because the department manager (this was pre-CIO days) was being "kidded" by other data center managers for still being on DOS. His ego was bruised. Today it is fear of ridicule and the herd mentality. Of course this was true in the past as well. <shrug>. I just try to out-last them. But it may no longer be possible. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited.
