On 4 Apr 2007 12:59:00 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ted MacNEIL) wrote: >>Which is a good reason for IBM to not be in the business of selling an >>operating system. > >And, what would you use to run all your mainframe apps and sub-systems on? >Air?
The OS is a tool for that IBM uses to produce its real product - which is business solutions. CEOs don't want to buy operating systems, or mainframes, or server farms or compilers. CEOs want to buy the data processing to make their own business run more profitably. And too many times the term "mainframe" is telling them something different from what we wish. Sell him the holes, not the drill - and if your drill is the best tool for the job, use it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
