Just wondering .... Are there any 'new' mainframe shops/installations out there? Or is IBM just selling new frames (z990 z9) to users of older technology? Back a few years I would imagine a shop on x or i series eventually outgrowing these and moving 'up' to a z series. Today are they more likely to stay with the xNIX box of the week or wintel and just keep adding to them?
If there are no 'new' shops, just existing shops getting bigger (or going away) then we will eventually stagnate and die ... I just need 20-25 years to retirement (maybe 30 if I can't get the credit cards away from the wife). Just had a brief conversation with one of our server gang ... mentioned that they should try an IFL on the mainframe ... He claimed that a rep (IBM?) was in once and stated that the 'processor speed' was only 900 MHz so couldn't really compete with what we were looking for. I also mentioned that the 'engine' was relatively cheap at only $125K. After he finished laughing he stated do you have any idea how much hardware I can buy for $125K? I don't consider the IFL's as the savior of the mainframe as I define the 'mainframe' as roughly equivalent to 'big box running z/OS'. zIIPs and zAAPs are another matter though. Ken Porowski ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
