Did anyone else see the CA Mainframe 2.0 video? I just watched it. You can
find it at:
http://www.ca.com/lean-it-mainframe.aspx
It's 8 minutes long. The first 4 minutes could have all been said by IBM.
I've heard IBM presentations that sounded very similar. The last 4 minutes
talked about CA Mainframe 2.0. I confess that I am interested in this.
Actually, the way CA promotes this, it is good for IBM, as well as CA. If
this product benefits the mainframe, then it benefits us. I really don't
know that much about it yet, other than what I've heard here on IBM-Main.
One thing that struck me is that the presenter still used MIPS. I know many
think of MIPS as Meaningless Indicator of Performance, however I think it
still is the most widely used and probably the most widely understood
performance indicator. It sure beats MSUs, which now are totally rediculous
with the hardware MSUs being different from the software MSUs. What is IBM
thinking?
I attended the Midwest Computer Measurement Group (MCMG) meeting in
Milwaukee last Friday. Al Sherkow gave 2 good sessions on IBM's pricing by
workload license charging, and about ziip and zaap processors. I believe he
mentioned several times how complicated their pricing is getting. He didn't
like it the way their pricing works, but he makes his living off of it, so
at least for him its a good thing.
Eric Bielefeld
Sr. Systems Programmer
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
414-475-7434
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