On 14 Jun 2007 09:58:46 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >By 'expanding the market', I was referring to the context of >the original post - which was essentially about opportunities for >entrepreneurs, not about end users. I simply cannot see how anyone, >anywhere, in any position can actually claim that IBM has made it easier for >a 'BT/I' to enter, or remain, in the mainframe market than it was in, say, >the 1970s or 1980s.
Ahh, but the market gets redefined. Look at retail, with Wards then Sears then Wal*Mart and the Internet. Customers don't want drill-bits, they want holes. If a company wants to be in the business of serving up data, it can compete with IBM/Mainframes easier than Amdahl could back when. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
