Eric Chevalier wrote: [snip]
Unfortunately, most companies probably have more needs than money. So a critical part of good management becomes the allocation of resources to try and satisfy as many needs as possible. Sometimes, this means that one department isn't going to get something it asked for because another department's needs are more critical. Yes, IT would like a new z9, and workload statistics indicate that one will be needed within two years; but you know, our systems *are* running fine at the moment, while both heavy-jet tugs at the Kansas City station finally died and need replacement.[1]
Eric, I believe the article was talking about companies that -- in spite of IBM's best efforts -- are running *unsupported* hardware and software combinations. (I hope that's not American Airlines!) Such an organization can hardly be compared to an installation, currently running z990 hardware, having their System z9 109 upgrade deferred. We're talking about companies that are *seriously* back level!
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