2008/11/11 Dave Salt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So if HP alone is converting more than 250 mainframe shops every 2 years, > then at least > 1,000 mainframe shops will be gone over the next 8 years? Ouch! Someone > please tell me > this isn't true?
When HP claims "it has helped more than 250 customers worldwide to migrate from mainframes to Integrity-based servers", I'm not at all sure that means that shop no longer runs a mainframe. It may well be that HP has had some success in converting apps to other platforms, and they will doubtless count that as a "migration", even if the mainframe remains, or has even been upgraded. But it's a world filled with marketing claims, and HP is far from the only offender. Notice that as well as swallowing whatever HP has said, The Reg has also bought into IBM's line about "speciality engines" being some sort of performance enhancers for Java, Linux, and so on, rather than just a scheme for maintaining market differentiation between Classic and New workloads. Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
