New IBM Mainframes

2005-07-25 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Phil Payne has some interesting comments on the new mainframes being announced tomorrow by IBM. You can read them on his web site at: http://www.isham-research.co.uk/mainframe_2008.html http://www.isham-research.co.uk/mips_z9.html The disclaimer on the 2nd link is kind of humorous. Now the

NEW IBM Mainframes This week?

2005-07-20 Thread Ed Gould
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/20/ibm_mainframe_refresh/ -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://b

Re: NEW IBM Mainframes This week?

2005-07-21 Thread Birger Heede
Please queue up behind me :-) There is already a line. Birger Heede IBM Software Group Tom Grieve wrote: "Ed Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/20/ibm_mainframe_refresh/ z/OS 7.1? I can't wait! Tom Grieve CICS Developme

Re: NEW IBM Mainframes This week?

2005-07-21 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"John Eells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Tom Grieve wrote: > > "Ed Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message > > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/20/ibm_mainframe_refresh/ > >> > > > > z/OS 7.1? I can't wait! > > > > Tom

Re: NEW IBM Mainframes This week?

2005-07-21 Thread Bill Fairchild
In a message dated 7/21/2005 7:10:16 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: IBM's algorithmes of numbering products have always been a mistery, so we will not be surprised by whatever the name will be of z/OS 1.7's successor, maybe 7.1 -;). Let's hope they get rid of the le

Re: NEW IBM Mainframes This week?

2005-07-21 Thread Birger Heede
Why wouldn't it arrive powered on? ('POR' should be retired) Birger Heede IBM Software Group Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM wrote: "John Eells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... Tom Grieve wrote: "Ed Gould" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: NEW IBM Mainframes This week?

2005-07-21 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > In a message dated 7/21/2005 7:10:16 A.M. Central Daylight Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > IBM's algorithmes of numbering products have always been a mistery, so we > will not be surprised by whatever the name will be

Re: NEW IBM Mainframes This week?

2005-07-21 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
Yeah right, OK, one last POR to enter the PORless era. Remember how often we were promised that this was the "last JES upgrade that needed a cold start"? Kees. "Birger Heede" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > Why wouldn't it arrive powered on? ('POR' should be ret

Re: New IBM Mainframes Due this week?

2005-07-21 Thread Ed Gould
Well we all know that it won't be a HAL 9000 Ed On Jul 21, 2005, at 7:52 AM, Birger Heede wrote: Why wouldn't it arrive powered on? ('POR' should be retired) Birger Heede IBM Software Group -SNIP- -

JES2 Cold Start (was Re: NEW IBM Mainframes)

2005-07-21 Thread Mark Zelden
On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:43:22 +0200, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Yeah right, >OK, one last POR to enter the PORless era. >Remember how often we were promised that this was the "last JES upgrade that >needed a cold start"? > And that promise has been kept (as long as you staye

Re: JES2 Cold Start (was Re: NEW IBM Mainframes)

2005-07-21 Thread Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
"Mark Zelden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > On Thu, 21 Jul 2005 15:43:22 +0200, Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Yeah right, > >OK, one last POR to enter the PORless era. > >Remember how often we were promised that this was the "last JES