Re: The return of the mainframe....

2010-01-16 Thread Dave Ross
I have two really nice t-shirts. Both are fairly recent (two three years). One is from BMC Software and has a large colour picture of a vicious, rampaging T-REX with the caption "Mainframes Stll Rule" The other is from Chicago-Soft and has a picture of a dinosaur relaxing with a martini under

Re: The return of the mainframe....

2010-01-16 Thread Gentry, Stephen
No T-Shirt but I still have the mouse pad. -Original Message- From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On Behalf Of Nick Laflamme Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2010 8:57 AM To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU Subject: Re: The return of the mainframe On Jan 15, 2010,

Re: The return of the mainframe....

2010-01-16 Thread Nick Laflamme
On Jan 15, 2010, at 8:01 PM, Dave Jones wrote: > Interesting article in "The Economist" about the return of the mainframe. > > The return of the mainframe Back in fashion > > http://www.economist.com/businessfinance/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15276714 I can't be the only one with a decade-o

Re: The return of the mainframe....

2010-01-16 Thread John McKown
On Sat, 2010-01-16 at 01:15 -0500, Les Koehler wrote: > Initial entry cost is quickly overcome by calculating Total > Cost of Ownership (TCO). And you have to include *all* the > time spent by *all* the people to maintain an Intel farm > PLUS retraining, software and desktop support costs. > >