Don Williams asks: >I wonder what percent were using z/OS? I think you're asking what percentage of new mainframe customers run z/OS. IBM doesn't say as far as I know, but it's over half (greater than 50%) according to what I've read elsewhere. That's in agreement with my anecdotal experience.
With respect to the application discussion, I generally agree. Fundamentally IBM is keeping pace or even leading in providing all popular (and even not-so-popular) application hosting environments on zEnterprise, and that's important. (Java is an example where IBM was/is ahead of the curve.) Also, if there's an application that isn't yet on zEnterprise that you'd like to see on zEnterprise, ask the vendor, and ask the vendor to work with IBM. IBM has been increasing its application developer support resources recently, and there's a steady stream of new applications announced every month, every quarter, every year. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples Consulting Enterprise IT Architect (Based in Singapore) E-Mail: [email protected] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
