Re: 25 rea sons why h ardware is still hot at IBM?

2010-04-29 Thread Howard Brazee
On 28 Apr 2010 12:18:47 -0700, john_w_gilm...@msn.com (john gilmore) wrote: >My own experience of these applications has been different. Most do "work", >in the sense that they get some useful processing done; but this is the only >favorable thing that it occurs to me to say about them: > >o I

Re: 25 rea sons why h ardware is still hot at IBM?

2010-04-28 Thread zMan
On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 9:39 PM, Clark Morris wrote: > Ask the various organizations that are making serious use of them. My > guess is possibly SAP, Oracle and various Websphere based services. > Huh? I was asking what the Linux machines at the grocery chain were being used for. I'm well aware

Re: 25 rea sons why h ardware is still hot at IBM?

2010-04-28 Thread Clark Morris
On 28 Apr 2010 14:01:43 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >--- >What do the Linux machines provide? Web serving? Free donuts? Inquiring >minds want to know!! Ask the various organizations that are making serious use of them. My guess

Re: 25 rea sons why h ardware is still hot at IBM?

2010-04-28 Thread Clark Morris
On 28 Apr 2010 12:18:47 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >About mainframe business applications, Zman writes: > >| OK, but if they work, they're "good enough". Sure, you >| and I would be itching to 'fix' them, but that's an urge we | should resist. > >I disagree. > >My own exper