I've yet to see a mainframe to client-server transition that didn't end in tears, higher costs, lowered service levels, gnashing of teeth, roaming gangs of SysProgs threatening passers by in Hex, large cracks appearing in the Earth's surface and all life in the Universe coming to a crashing halt.
But then, that's just me... :D On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 09:55:17 -0700, Kopischke, David G. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Greetings, > > From SearchDataCenter yesterday: > >"Simon & Schuster Inc. plans to save $1 million a year on hardware costs and >licensing fees as a result of migrating off its old IBM mainframes." > >http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid80_gci1 172792,00.html?track=NL-451&ad=544960 > > > > I'd like to see a follow up to this next fall to see how well they fared. > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- >This e-mail transmission may contain information that is proprietary, privileged and/or confidential and is intended exclusively for the person (s) to whom it is addressed. Any use, copying, retention or disclosure by any person other than the intended recipient or the intended recipient's designees is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient or their designee, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and delete all copies. OppenheimerFunds may, at its sole discretion, monitor, review, retain and/or disclose the content of all email communications. > =========================================================================== == > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
