> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Eric Bielefeld > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2009 1:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: z/Journal Does it Again > > I just received another z/Journal email sponsored by > Microsoft urging us to > get off the mainframe and going to .NET. They refer you to > the following > web site: > > > http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver/mainframe/whoknew/default.aspx > > I would think that would be counter productive. I'm sure > that Microsoft > pays z/Journal big bucks to advertise, but if every mainframe > user followed > MS advertising, there wouldn't be a need for the z/Journal. > > Eric Bielefeld
I know what you mean. I see Microsoft ads on Linux web sites. Very weird. A few years ago, we looked at this, pitched by a hardware company and software company (not to be named). We in Tech Services found it pathetically easy to shoot down. Mainly by just asking questions that started with "What about this situation: ... ?" The usual reponse was "Gee, nobody asked that. How do you do that on the current system? <insert answer from us> Oh, well we cannot do that." -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell [email protected] * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
