> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Steve Comstock > > Chris Craddock wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > Folks hate to hear me say it, but just about everything we "know" about IT > > today is wrong. We're never going back to the home grown development cottage > > industry and sooner or later the in-house IT function is going to go the way > > of the dodo too. Our kids and grandkids are almost certainly NOT going to be > > doing IT as we know it. Pretty scary thought for some, but going to happen > > nevertheless. > > Well, there ya' go, pointing out the 800 pound gorilla in the room. > Well observed and well said. > > > So, some inferences... > > * At some point in time, companies will only have workstations > (probably thin client machines that use software on some > server somewhere else); no servers; no mainframes
Just a "cloud" that "computes". So, what's in the "cloud"? "Who cares?" as long as it works correctly and is available when "I" want it. -jc- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
