- Original Message -
From: Tom Huegel
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 3:49 AM
Subject: Re: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
My 2 centsTwo previous employers dropped the mainframe for SAP one on HP
UNIX the other laughably on WINDOZE servers.
The HP conversion
What I didn't mention in my original message was that the initial part
of the SAP implementation was considered ontime and on budget. The
plant that was using it was consistently profitable, whereas the others
(on the 'mainframe') were generally unprofitable. Unfortunately,
rolling out SAP
Cross-posted to vse-l and ibmvm. Sorry for duplications.
I am saddened to announce that today I am shutting down the mainframe at
Grede Foundries in Milwaukee, WI.
Grede was one of the Linux for S/390 poster children when the mainframe
port was first available around Christmas, 1999 from
-Original Message-
From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:ib...@listserv.uark.edu] On
Behalf Of Rich Smrcina
Sent: June-30-10 8:58 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
Cross-posted to vse-l and ibmvm. Sorry for duplications.
I am saddened to announce
, June 30, 2010 8:58 AM
To: IBMVM@LISTSERV.UARK.EDU
Subject: Goodbye, Farewell and Amen
Cross-posted to vse-l and ibmvm. Sorry for duplications.
I am saddened to announce that today I am shutting down the mainframe at
Grede Foundries in Milwaukee, WI.
Grede was one of the Linux for S/390 poster
I was involved last year with a large SAP implementation in the NYC
area. When done right, it can be a good thing. But yes, it does take a
fair number of people and a good deal of planning. The System z
deployment is saving them (the NYC company) a boatload of money, though.
Their SAP
My 2 centsTwo previous employers dropped the mainframe for SAP one on HP
UNIX the other laughably on WINDOZE servers.
The HP conversion was budgeted at $10 mil .. a few years and $50 mil
later the company went bankrupt. Company 2 managed a sucessful conversion
but now they spend all of their