> -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System > [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Richard Troth > Sent: 05 January 2010 01:04 > To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU > Subject: Re: Moving on: The University of Maine (System) > shuts down mainframe > > > Actually, Jack nailed it. (And so did Solomon, for that matter.) > > In context, running "the stuff" on Windows is truly nothing > new under the sun. But some shops will do that because > someone thinks Windows is sexier than VM or MVS or Unix or > ... whatever. Vanity!
The reasons folks use Windows isn't anything to do with "Sexiness" more cost and flexibility. > > I confess that I find Ecclesiastes depressing, but less > depressing than U. Maine shutting down VM. Bummer. > > -- R; <><
