On 4 Apr 2007 07:29:23 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Brock) wrote: ><snip> >I suspect instead, it wants us to have huge, secure, database machines >that are fast and use up less energy than Windows farms - and IBM >doesn't care how we choose to display the data on our desktops. And >it would be quite content if we dropped z/OS, as long as we use its >hardware. ></snip>
>I doubt it. Someone on this very list -- Phil Payne, maybe? -- has pointed >out that >mainframe software margins are a large part of the total profit IBM rakes in. > >Jon OK, as long as it uses its system. Customers aren't interested in operating systems. Customers are interested in the total cost of the whole package. Now, IBM has to take extra care to not be bundling, but it can work with partners to do this. We want a secure, capable black (blue) box that costs less to process our data than other systems. Big Box machines can be extremely competitive here. But it doesn't need to run like our old System 360 machines. So don't work at making a better z/OS or ISPF. Work at providing us database machines where we don't see this nitty-gritty. And then look at what price works best for the whole system to get the business they want. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
