On 14 Feb 2012 05:14:23 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >All, > >Very interesting article / blog, but anyone know why NASA pulled the plug on >their last mainframe? Cost ?
My guess is that the applications they wanted to run had better software and hardware support on other platforms. Support for scientific and compute intensive application probably has not kept up on the mainframe. Clark Morris > >Sent from my iPad >Scott Ford >Senior Systems Engineer >www.identityforge.com > > > >On Feb 13, 2012, at 1:48 PM, Bob Shannon <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> One of my favorite SHARE sessions was in San Diego 2007 when Jan Green >>> presented >>> "Space Shuttle Usage of z/OS". >> >> That was a really good session. I shared it with my then boss who had been a >> NASA flight controller. >> >> Bob Shannon >> Rocket Software >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
