I would speculate that CA's customer base is shrinking. They are loosing the shops that are really aggressive about controlling costs and are willing to drop a product if the vendor won't play ball on pricing.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kopischke, David G. Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 11:50 AM To: [email protected] Subject: MAINFRAME CUSTOMER BASE SEEMS TO SHRINK Here's an interesting SearchDataCenter interview of our friend and past IBM-MAIN poster Vincent Re of CA: ======================================================================== = MAINFRAME GURU LOOKS ON AS CUSTOMER BASE SEEMS TO SHRINK Mark Fontecchio, News Writer In this Q&A, a CA software architect talks about the mainframe's importance, the platform's image problems and why its customer base might be dwindling despite increasing revenues. http://go.techtarget.com/r/1543309/279318 -or- http://searchdatacenter.techtarget.com/qna/0,289202,sid80_gci1259784,00. html?track=NL-576&ad=591778&asrc=EM_NLT_1543309&uid=279318 NOTICE: This electronic mail message and any files transmitted with it are intended exclusively for the individual or entity to which it is addressed. The message, together with any attachment, may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, printing, saving, copying, disclosure or distribution is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please immediately advise the sender by reply email and delete all copies. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
