> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Assembler List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tony Thigpen > Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 8:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Enhanced CALL macro? > > > .. since z/OS is denigrated by management here as "far too > > expensive". We are a smaller company. Of the size which are no > > longer being courted by IBM and other z vendors. > > Have you considered moving to z/VSE? Most third party software is much > cheaper. It might cut down your costs. We are currently > evaluating that > option for one of my customers. > > Of course, we all know that the Opies always understate their > costs. :-) > > Tony Thigpen
Is the ROI for the conversion less than a single year? If not, forget it. That's all that is keeping the z alive here. The "break even" on the up front cost to convert from z/OS to Windows is currently estimated to be 2 to 3 years. That is "far too long" according to our management. And so we stay on z/OS for the time being. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM
