Also, at 10:00pm (Dallas time) there were 4 replies posted to the article. Of those 4, 3 were regarding the "obsolete as computer mainframes" statement. Only 1 dealt with the real article itself.
Russell -----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. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
