On Wednesday, 12/10/2008 at 09:13 EST, Steve Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you one and all for your suggestions and insights on how to approach > this task. In spite of the poor track record of IBM, this case is not > their fault. Its being driven strictly from a group who is used to having > complete control over all they do. Not being able to do what they want, > when they want, how they want is driving them mad!!
IMO, this is a misconception by many "distributed" folks, fostered by poorly chosen words from salespeople and mainframers. They believe that that are no longer in the server business, yet nothing could be further from the truth. What they no longer have is budget and time problem. You and they, working together, can build a growth model that lets you plan for, budget, and purchase the computing power *they* need in a way that saves your company money over time and lets them focus more on their value-add rather than wasting time on procurement. They often are spooked by some overzealous mainframe person who has visions of WORLD DOMINATION and telling everyone else The Right Way to do things. <shudder> Alan Altmark z/VM Development IBM Endicott
