In a message dated 7/26/2005 1:54:21 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've seen that too, *far* too many times. When a customer stops upgrading, it's usually the "kiss of death" for their mainframe. I've seen many IT organizations with "stabilized" mainframes comparing their 10-years-old mainframe technology against lower-cost, modern competing platform technology. It's a "stacked deck" and the mainframe *always* loses. (Likewise, the competing platform would probably lose a comparison between a modern mainframe and their offering from a decade ago. But -- because of the double standard that's usually applied-- that comparison is deemed "unfair" and is never made.) >> Isn't it more of an infrastructure issue? Don't throw more money at it if it's working becomes the working mantra. Then committees spring up to justify their existence and terms like 'modern appliances','legacy business fundamentals', and 'paradigm extension' start creeping in. Eventually the PFCSKs start revolting and with exposure only to WINTEL/*nix the destiny is foretold. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
