> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Pommier, Rex R. > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 12:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Outsourcing your Computer Center to IBM ? > > I think that before we go ahead and lay blame - unlike the manager of > the airline who is blaming IBM - we had best wait and get more > information. "Amateur" IBM apparently has control over the power grid > in Australia, since it was a power problem that originally caused the > outage. Yes, they say that IBM was maintaining the computer systems. > Was it at an IBM facility or was it at the airline facility? Was the > generator part of the IBM contract or is IBM being a convenient > scapegoat for a facilities problem? > > I have zero enjoyment in outsourcing or outsourced contracts, but I > think we're jumping the gun on this one. In addition, if > memory serves > me correctly, the Register has a decidedly anti-mainframe slant to it. > > Rex
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