The great irony is that instead of mini's (AS400, System 38, etc), PC's, and mobile's (Iphone, Ipads) replacing or weakening the mainframe's position, they are extending and strengthening them enormously making them indispensable and insuring their place indefinitely.
But, please, don't tell anyone. Already there are tens of thousands of students starting to learn mainframe in colleges and universities. Before you know it bookstores like Barnes and Noble will be carrying books like z/OS Install for Dummies. And our rates be worse than ever. It is very comforting to hear that the mainframe is dead. May it forever rest in peace. ;-) On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 2:58 PM, Scott Rowe <[email protected]> wrote: > Wow Anton, just how big is that axe you're grinding? > > 1) I don't see any indication that he "has devoted his academic life/work > to IBM". I have not read his book, but it doesn't sound like it has > anything to do with IBM directly. From what I can tell he wrote his book 10 > years before he even had a mainframe to play with. > 2) I don't see any indication that anyone gave him a mainframe. His > University apparently acquired a very small, obsolete mainframe which may > have been provided at no charge, but that is hardly a huge payoff. > 3) What on earth does his age have to do with anything? > 4) Many non-IBMers have profiles on IBM websites, particularly > developerWorks > > Your attack smells quite strongly of ad hominem. > > >>> Anton Britz <[email protected]> 6/30/2010 2:28 PM >>> > George, > > a) I did not see the Wilhilm G Spruth White paper but > b) If I GOOGLE for "Wilhilm G Spruth", I conclude that ' > > - He has devoted his academic life/work to IBM > - IBM has given him a Mainframe... for FREE > - He looks about 80 years old to me > - IBM even posts his profile and work on their websites. > > http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/university/spotlights/w_spruth.html > > Conclusion > > You really think, Wilhilm G Spruth is giving you a NON-BIAS opinion of > the current IT markets ? > It's like switching to the Fox channel and expecting a NON-BIAS opinion > of current affairs or > going to Apple's website when you want to buy a new phone : > > http://www.newsweek.com/2010/06/12/phone-fight.html > > Anton > > >>> > >> > http://mervadrian.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/migrate-from-mainframe-to-what/ > >> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Mark Regan > >>> > >> "Modern" means "in the current style". Occasionally it sticks with a > >> style, and new terms such as post-modern come to be. > >> > >> It has nothing to do with "appropriate", or "capable", or "cost > >> effective". > >> > >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > > > > CONFIDENTIALITY/EMAIL NOTICE: The material in this transmission contains > confidential and privileged information intended only for the addressee. If > you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received > this material in error and that any forwarding, copying, printing, > distribution, use or disclosure of the material is strictly prohibited. If > you have received this material in error, please (i) do not read it, (ii) > reply to the sender that you received the message in error, and (iii) erase > or destroy the material. Emails are not secure and can be intercepted, > amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have > accepted these risks if you communicate with us by email. Thank you. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- George Henke (C) 845 401 5614 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
