Correct. I hadn't considered the fact that 9-9s available on the z doesn't do much good if the end user cannot access it due to intermediate errors (like network down, desktop broken, AD down so cannot logon to Windows Domain, etc).
-- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [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 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III > Sent: Friday, February 05, 2010 10:13 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: IBM countersues Neon over zPrime accelerator > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 11:02 AM, Bruno Sugliani > <[email protected]> wrote: > The main reason a lot of customers moved from this > platform to "weaker" ones > is often because they did not need z/OS stability in the > first place and > could save money by moving on other OS'es . > This aspect is sometimes forgotten by people and when or > if something > happens on the new platform, the usual laugh about the > weakness of the new > platform but mainly the stupidity of the management is > brought forward > <snip> > > This is an excellent point. "Good enough is good enough" is > something too many shops have forgotten -- consultants rant > about "best of breed", when "good enough" is more > appropriate. I'm as big a z bigot as any of you, but it > doesn't make sense for everyone. > > ...phsiii > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
