There is an insurance company in Melbourne with a rather famous DB2 Nightmare that was finally moved off to a UNIX server (where it finally performed) and hidden in a locked cupboard. The initials NM may bring back memories for some...
There have been quite a few successful migrations from MVS to Solaris and HP-UX here in Asia. In SE Asia some large Telcos, an Airline and a Power Company spring to mind. I know a few companies that have put new MF consolidation on hold because their next upgrade was going to cost many millions of bucks in software licensing. There are countless stories on both sides of the fence. > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Robin Murray > Sent: Thursday, 14 July 2005 4:23 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Another - Another One Bites the Dust > > ...and hands up all those who have converted a large, many faceted > application off the mainframe only to see your TCO go up. I know of a > company (not naming names) who just put their mainframe-to-server > conversion on hold when it was revealed that the next stage of their > conversion would be many millions of bucks. > > Some things make sense for the mainframe, some things make sense for the > servers. Creating an MXG PDB is perfect for a server - it's a pretty > straight forward, self contained process. > > > Robin Murray > Tel: (902) 453-7300 x4177 > Cell: (902) 430-0637 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
