On Wed, 13 Feb 2008 20:00:38 -0700, Steve Comstock wrote: >Clark Morris wrote: >> On 13 Feb 2008 08:21:59 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main John wrote: >>>>-----Original Message----- >>>>On Behalf Of Steve Comstock >>>>Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:49 AM >>>>Subject: Re: Curious(?) way to ZIP a mainframe file. >>>> >>>>McKown, John wrote: >>>>[snip] >>>> >>>The current management still says that it is going away (despite the >>>fact that the workload is growing). They base this on the plan to >>>replace the mainframe software with COTS software running on other >>>platforms such as Linux (Windows is now considered to be "also ran" >>>around here). They just haven't really found the COTS software that they >>>need yet. >> >> >> Unfortunately even if the mainframe were considered, the probability >> of finding COTS software that both meets the business need and runs on >> the mainframe is slim. > >Sorry. What is COTS? COTS == Cheap, Off-The-Shelf (software in this case; it can also apply to hardware... and even to people.) -- Tom Schmidt
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