I have to agree with Tom and Chuck, looks like a couple of guys with there own opinion and they are very much entitled with it. Ironically I think Chuck and I have the same negotiator working for both our companies, because our costs keep going down while the open systems costs go up. You do not get the cool GUI interface like you do on the open systems. The only thing MF can offer is scalability and reliability, none of the "cool" stuff you see in the sky mall magazine.
;-) Thanks, Fletch -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kreiter, Chuck Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 3:43 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: State of the Mainframe - News Article I can't say I understand these articles that talk about escalating mainframe costs. At my company, we consistently make deals where we end up with better storage, faster processors, etc and our costs actually go down. Whereas, our counterparts in open systems consistently see their hardware, software and support personnel costs go significantly. I don't know if my boss is just a good negotiator or if everyone sees this trend. Vendors who have their hand out at every CPU upgrade are generally shown the door. Anyone else notice this or are we just unique? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
