Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

I'm just guessing but 85% gross margin seems way too high. At 85%, the customers would be throwing a royal fit and the FTC would be sharpening their fangs to take another huge bite out of IBM. 15% is probably more likely. Besides, the real profit comes from software. IBM could give the

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

IMHO, IBM is making a foolish tactical blunder. Apparently they've missed the obvious lessons that Linux and Java have taught about freely available software. If it were my dog, I'd come up with a limited-capacity version of z/OS that runs on Windows and Linux systems, or even as a native

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

Well, I was just trying to keep this family-friendly. :-)--- On Tue 12/05, McKown, John lt; [EMAIL PROTECTED] gt; wrote: From: McKown, John [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Tue, 5 Dec 2006 14:10:16 -0600Subject: Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clonesgt; -Original

Re: IBM sues maker of Intel-based Mainframe clones

May as well ask what would someone want to use RedHat Linux Enterprise Edition or Windows Server 2003. The average person probably wouldn't use any of them since all they're really interested in is a single user session. Those who are interested in the inner workings of multi-user, network

Re: What's a mainframe?

And just what Kool-Aid have YOU been drinking?--- On Sat 11/18, Chaye Wala lt; [EMAIL PROTECTED] gt; wrote: From: Chaye Wala [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Sat, 18 Nov 2006 20:21:26 -0800Subject: Re: What's a mainframe?If you can fool all of the people all of the time that a

Re: Where can you get a Minor in Mainframe?

At least someone created yours for you... we had to make our own creation. Sure, it wasn't as nice as the rich kid's creation but we made do.--- On Fri 11/17, Mark Hammond lt; [EMAIL PROTECTED] gt; wrote: From: Mark Hammond [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Fri, 17 Nov 2006

What's NAPS?

I was surfing the PSP buckets for z/OS 1.4 and came across something calles NAPS. I found references to EUVF* in the body. What product is NAPS and EUVF? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send

Re: What's NAPS?

?On 11/16/2006 10:16 AM, Bruce A. McKnight wrote:gt; I was surfing the PSP buckets for z/OS 1.4 and came across something calles NAPS. I found references to EUVF* in the body. What product is NAPS and EUVF?gt; Probably the Network Authentication Services component (which implements Kerberos for z/OS