In a message dated 10/6/2008 4:50:00 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>>> David Alcock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 10/6/2008 4:32 PM >>> Today's Dallas Morning News has an editorial written by their staff with the words "could become as obsolete as computer mainframes". http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/opinion/editorials/stories/DN-t op10_06edi.State.Edition1.43fe5ef.html I plan to send them a friendly email to tell them that the mainframe is alive and well. ;-) Send them a friendly email stating what the Gartner Group's estimated total earnings from all mainframe hardware and software vendors were last year. Add suggest politely that mainframes are much less obsolete than is honest journalism. Bill Fairchild Rocket Software **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000001) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

