The attention to big customers (regarding new features and implementations) and big software vendors (SAP, Peoplesoft, ecc.) is quite clear in DB2 area IMHO.
It's strange, IBM created a low cost mainframe (z9 BC) but no low cost software for medium to small customers, only WLC or other contract benefits. Just an opinion Max Scarpa Db2 sysprog Errol Van staden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> 28/09/2007 12.33 Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Change in IBM's mainframe strategy has anyone noticed a trend in IBMs strategy in shifting the focus of the mainframe to very large users such as outsourcers etc? I am talking about features such as IRD, group capacity limits, and sysplex aggregation pricing benefits. Could they be bolstering though outsourcing wing for the future? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
