Re: z/Journal Does it Again

2009-05-16 Thread Scott T. Harder
I rather think that they (client/server model... we're getting rid of the mainframe) tried that in the 90's. On 5/14/09, Phil Smith III li...@akphs.com wrote: Eric Bielefeld wrote: I just received another z/Journal email sponsored by Microsoft urging us to get off the mainframe and going to

Re: z/Journal Does it Again

2009-05-16 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
The following message is a courtesy copy of an article that has been posted to bit.listserv.ibm-main as well. scottyt.har...@gmail.com (Scott T. Harder) writes: I rather think that they (client/server model... we're getting rid of the mainframe) tried that in the 90's. there were lots of

Re: z/Journal Does it Again

2009-05-16 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
of large number of killer micros. re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2009h.html#1 z/Journal Does it Again a lot of the object-oriented re-engineering failure was whole generation that had no concept of scale-up and speedsfeeds ... being accustomed to dedicated servers that operated at 5-10% avg

Re: z/Journal Does it Again

2009-05-14 Thread Phil Smith III
Eric Bielefeld wrote: I just received another z/Journal email sponsored by Microsoft urging us to get off the mainframe and going to .NET. They refer you to the following web site: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/mainframe/whoknew/default.aspx I would think that would be counter

Re: z/Journal Does it Again

2009-05-14 Thread Eric Bielefeld
Phil, Thanks for that quote. It was very well worded by Bob Thomas. I still think the advertising revenue has something to do with it also, but I may be wrong. Eric Eric Bielefeld Sr. Systems Programmer Milwaukee, Wisconsin 414-475-7434 - Original Message - From: Phil Smith III

z/Journal Does it Again

2009-05-13 Thread Eric Bielefeld
I just received another z/Journal email sponsored by Microsoft urging us to get off the mainframe and going to .NET. They refer you to the following web site: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/mainframe/whoknew/default.aspx I would think that would be counter productive. I'm sure that

Re: z/Journal Does it Again

2009-05-13 Thread McKown, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: z/Journal Does it Again I just received another z/Journal email sponsored by Microsoft urging

Re: z/Journal Does it Again

2009-05-13 Thread Thompson, Steve
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:02 PM To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Subject: z/Journal Does it Again I just received another z/Journal email sponsored by Microsoft urging us to get

Re: z/Journal Does it Again

2009-05-13 Thread Mohammad Khan
Just hit delete. Who said that you have to buy anything from them or even read their infomercial ? If their ad dollars can keep a mainframe magazine in business I'm all for it. Mohammad On Wed, 13 May 2009 13:01:34 -0500, Eric Bielefeld eric- ibmm...@wi.rr.com wrote: I just received another

Re: z/Journal Does it Again

2009-05-13 Thread Mark Post
On 5/13/2009 at 4:38 PM, Mohammad Khan mkkha...@hotmail.com wrote: Just hit delete. Who said that you have to buy anything from them or even read their infomercial ? If their ad dollars can keep a mainframe magazine in business I'm all for it. Amen. Any dollars sent to z/Journal are