On Sat, 2006-06-03 at 07:23 +0900, Timothy Sipples wrote: > Mark Zelden writes: > >No brainer? How about the staff, time, learning curve, etc. > >to support an operating system and environment that is > >new to the shop? > > Three points: > ... > Three more points:
I'm with Mark. My customers say z/Linux isn't on the horizon. In fact most of them say mainframe is not in their future. Those that are (planning) getting off the mainframe are talking M$oft - *NOT* linux; on any platform. They *will not* consider a conversion to Linux. No training, no wasted investment, no interest. Period. Having techos (me included) dicking around with Linux on PCs counts for zero. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
