Here I must agree 100% with Ed. Since the major changes at CA's upper management; there has been a LOT more emphasis on the bean-counting. This is partially bad (hate to fill in weekly time-sheets; managers have to spend a large part of their time showing how each person is spending their time) but is also very good. Together with the better tracking of sales it allows senior management to see exactly what is bringing in how much money at what cost in R&D. Trust me, it has given CA a MUCH better appreciation of the old "obsolete" mainframers. While the amount of money brought in might be 50/50 (it isn't, but I don't remember the specific figures) the amount spent on R&D was not even close to 50/50. Suddenly, it became very apparent where the profit is.
Russell Witt -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Edward Jaffe Sent: Monday, October 06, 2008 7:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: The Obsolete mainframe? Paul Gilmartin wrote: > Which itself is biasing the number, since some major mainframe > hardware and software vendors nowadays derive a preponderance of > their "total earnings" from non-"mainframe hardware and software" > lines of business. > From what I know, just the opposite is true. Mainframe revenues at large ISVs subsidize their entire business -- including massive expenditures developing products for non-mainframe platforms. -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 5200 W Century Blvd, Suite 800 Los Angeles, CA 90045 310-338-0400 x318 [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
