Absolutely fascinating. Jon
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Duane Reaugh Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 9:55 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Mainframe Jobs Going Away Interesting article about Mainframes at Merrill Lynch Merrill Lynch & Co.: Living Legacy "We are making the mainframe strategic to our future. It's a fundamental decision," he says. "Back in the 1990s, it was trendy to say you were migrating off the mainframe. Now, I couldn't predict when the mainframe will go away. If anything, technologies like X4ML have given it new life." http://www.baselinemag.com/article2/0,1540,1924587,00.asp Duane Reaugh DTS Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

