>Releases to be withdrawn from service March 31, 2007
> Product
>Product name Version number
>z/OS 1.4 5694-A01
>z/OS 1.5 5694-A01
>z/OS.e 1.4 5655-G52
>z/OS.e 1.5 5655-G52
Yes, this news makes it official.
I would draw attention to the prices of 64-bit mainframes, particularly
z800 and z890. The z800 has crashed below the price of one modestly paid
employee or one mid-range UNIX server. Run the numbers (including software
costs), add an IFL or zAAP or both (or zIIP if you can swing it), and
figure out how much money you'll save and how quickly. The financials are
attractive most of the time because of these 64-bit carrots ("do
something, anything, new") IBM is lobbing into the market.
"We're getting off the mainframe" is a ridiculous reason not to do
anything. Inertia costs money -- more money -- in many (most?) instances.
If you're bleeding, go see a doctor. If you have a guaranteed positive
return on investment in 18 months (for example), it would be sheer
business folly not to act if you've had a "getting off" strategy for 18
years. :-)
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Timothy F. Sipples
Consulting Enterprise Software Architect, z9/zSeries
IBM Japan, Ltd.
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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