Re: Moving BACK to the mainframe

2006-04-16 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 04/13/2006 at 08:01 PM, Brian Westerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I have been reading this string with a lot of interest. For the past 10 years or so, the company I work for has made a LOT of money moving people BACK to the mainframe after their failed attempts

Re: Moving BACK to the mainframe

2006-04-14 Thread Mike Baldwin
On Wed, 12 Apr 2006 23:46:22 -0600, Timothy Sipples [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'll have to officially call this a rumor and only specify the general parameters, but I'll see what I can say. That is a well-crafted description, Timothy. I need to tread lightly too, but I heard a remarkably

Re: Moving BACK to the mainframe

2006-04-13 Thread Brian Westerman
I have been reading this string with a lot of interest. For the past 10 years or so, the company I work for has made a LOT of money moving people BACK to the mainframe after their failed attempts to migrate things to a client/server and in a some of cases to some other even lesser platforms. I

Re: Moving BACK to the mainframe

2006-04-13 Thread Dave Salt
PROTECTED] Reply-To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Moving BACK to the mainframe Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:01:29 -0500 I have been reading this string with a lot of interest. For the past 10 years or so, the company I work for has made a LOT

Moving BACK to the mainframe

2006-04-12 Thread Dave Salt
From: Warner Mach [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been reading IBM-Main off and on for awhile and one of the reoccurring concerns is, of course, the phasing out of the mainframe at various shops. Very recently I've been talking to two different people at two different shops who both share a similar

Re: Moving BACK to the mainframe

2006-04-12 Thread Steve Comstock
Dave Salt wrote: From: Warner Mach [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have been reading IBM-Main off and on for awhile and one of the reoccurring concerns is, of course, the phasing out of the mainframe at various shops. Very recently I've been talking to two different people at two different shops who

Moving BACK to the mainframe

2006-04-12 Thread Dave Salt
Steve, I've contacted the 2 people off list and forwarded your email to them. I've explained the situation, and left it up to them whether they want to contact you or not. I hope they do, but of course it's up to them and their management. Sometimes, management isn't too keen to have their Oops

Re: Moving BACK to the mainframe

2006-04-12 Thread Steve Comstock
Dave Salt wrote: Steve, I've contacted the 2 people off list and forwarded your email to them. I've explained the situation, and left it up to them whether they want to contact you or not. Absolutely. That's terrific. Thanks. I hope they do, but of course it's up to them and their

Re: Moving BACK to the mainframe

2006-04-12 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 4/12/2006 12:57:28 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yup. Keep 'em coming, y'all. Did the boothill website die from lack of use or lack of inclination? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe /

Re: Moving BACK to the mainframe

2006-04-12 Thread Timothy Sipples
I'll have to officially call this a rumor and only specify the general parameters, but I'll see what I can say. Apparently there's some group sponsored by some software company that alleges that it makes business sense to move everything away from the mainframe to an unreliable, expensive,