Conspiracy theory: Maybe IBM wants to kill off the Mainframe, they just want to be able to blame it on the users deserting the platform rather than announcing a final end and having IBM desert the users.
-----Original Message----- > Tom, you're right. I would only argue with your timeline. If they are > not careful then they're probably looking at something more like 10 > years, 15 at the outside before it's all over and you can consign the > mainframe to the dustbin of history. Just think of the rate of change > in technology over the last 10 and then add in the other market > drivers like aging workforce etc. If they win this one, they're > sealing their own fate (and sadly, ours too) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
