Pat I'm quite keen on a web site I found not so long ago: "Opera Today" http://www.operatoday.com/ . Of course, it's trying to sell CDs but you can also "stream" quite a number of operas to your PC speakers while - say - reading posts and typing the occasional post of your own. This, of course, is entirely free. <g>
I expect there is somewhere an analogy with the real topic under discussion here: the operas available for "streaming" tend to be live recordings using often classic performers of quite a while ago. Chris Mason ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patrick O'Keefe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.ibm-main To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, 10 October, 2006 9:58 PM Subject: Re: How is the mainframe like the opera? > On Mon, 9 Oct 2006 13:37:11 -0400, Craddock, Chris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > >.. > >Neat analogy and I pretty much agree with your analysis, but have you > >tried buying tickets for major sports events lately? The Met doesn't > >look like such a bad deal :-) > > The would-be opera lover has other, less expensive options such as > recordings and broadcasts. In fact, the opera lover can can become an > aficionado without ever stepping into an opera house. And a sports fan > need never enter a ball part, arena, etc. > > IBM needs to allow growth of interest in and familiarity with the > mainframe inexpensively, but I suspect they fear "become a vendor without > ever purchasing a mainframe" equivalent of the opera fan. If they don't > figure it out soon their opera house will be empty. > > Pat O'Keefe ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
