On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 9:21 AM Lionel B Dyck <lbd...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Y'all stop using logic and reason - this is an emotional issue that the > author and others are invested in and has nothing to do with IBM > effectively telling the world that the mainframe is dead based on all the > layoffs that have occurred over the last 20-25 years, or that IBM continues > to offload software development or outright sells IBM software to other > companies, or that IBM has bought into the Cloud and has reduced their > investment in developing z/OS, or . . . . > > And then there is the vast amounts of money to be made by replacing a > mainframe - I'm sure that those vendors offering those services only have > the best interests of the current mainframe users at heart. > > It's Beta vs VHS all over again > Beta lost due to marketing idiocy. It was superior to VHS, technically, but "overpriced" compared to VHS. So the consumer went with the inferior but more affordable VHS. You're right -- exactly like z/OS vs. Windows and zSeries vs. AMD/Intel. > > Lionel B. Dyck <sdg>< > Website: https://www.lbdsoftware.com -- People in sleeping bags are the soft tacos of the bear world. Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
