Initial entry cost is quickly overcome by calculating Total
Cost of Ownership (TCO). And you have to include *all* the
time spent by *all* the people to maintain an Intel farm
PLUS retraining, software and desktop support costs.
Les
John McKown wrote:
On Fri, 2010-01-15 at 20:13 -0600, Rich Smrcina wrote:
On 01/15/2010 08:01 PM, Dave Jones wrote:
Interesting article in "The Economist" about the return of the
mainframe.....
The return of the mainframe Back in fashion
http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15276714
(watch for line wrap....)
Did the mainframe leave?
In terms of "mind share", then yes, it did leave. Many "pundits" said it
was moribund and obsolete. Now, what with "consolidation fever", the z
is showing that visualization on it is superior to Intel. It still has a
problem with initial entry cost vs. Intel. And let's not even talk about
z/OS vs. Linux.
