On 16 Jul 2007 15:54:40 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >Isn't it funny that these archaic items are considered building blocks >of modern systems, while the mainframe--30 years ahead in >virtualization; 25 years ahead in instrumentation; light years ahead in >multiprocessing, etc.--are given up for dead? "Legacy" as the word is >now applied is just a meaningless buzzword which long ago passed into >parlance as a technical term. It is the legacy of old anti-IBM >marketing campaigns.
I don't know how much people think they are dead, as they aren't what they think about. Mainframes are the cargo ships and trains of today when everybody drives cars and trucks. But trains and ships are far from dead, we just don't notice them as much. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
