On Aug 5, 2006, at 11:55 PM, Ron and Jenny Hawkins wrote:
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India on the other hand seems to very little in the way of Mainframe
installation - I only know of one MF site, and the other sites seem
to be a
small underground community. My friends there tell me it is because
IBM had
very little presence in India after being asked to leave in the '70s.
Ron,
I know of at least one MAJOR financial institution that is moving one
of their data centers in INDIA. And I am lead to believe that they
aren't the only ones. I think the trend is to move the data centers
to India. Now if you are talking used more or less exclusively in
India, the numbers might be small but I think when you add in the
"foreign" computers the numbers suddenly jump.
ed
In Asia (including India) there are no organisations like Share,
CMG, etc
that allow partitioners to maintain and update their skills and
knowledge -
I know that because I live in Asia - and it's unlikely that there
will be
any time soon. Investment in specialised education is also fairly
small
compared to Western countries, especially as most of it involves
international travel.
It's no surprise that search engines, forums, and web-sites are
used so
heavily by the Eastern Hemisphere to look for this sort of
information.
Ron
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Stephen
In relation to the size of the country and population base there
are not
many mainframe shops in China. Now that the VSE ones have all but
disappeared there are no more that 20 sites spread across less
than 10
companies.
James F. Smith
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