IBM is not in business to make mainframes or to keep legacy mainframers employed. IBM is in business to make profits for IBM stockholders to divide up each year.
Bill Fairchild Programmer Rocket Software 408 Chamberlain Park Lane * Franklin, TN 37069-2526 * USA t: +1.617.614.4503 * e: [email protected] * w: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Roberts, John J Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:15 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Career Advice for the Mainframer - Was RE: Another Light goes out I know that there will be people on this list that will insist that the mainframe platform is absolutely viable for the foreseeable future. But what they are really saying is that they will support it as long as it is profitable, and drop it the very day that it isn't. My old employer (Amdahl/Fujitsu) did exactly that, going from Flagship to Nothing in just two years. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
