Years ago, IBM did sell hardware/software to universities at deeply discounted prices to attract young people to them. Why they stopped is anybody's guess.
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tom Brennan Sent: Tuesday, June 9, 2020 10:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [External] Re: "Everyone wants to retire mainframes" When I bought my Yamaha piano in 1989, I heard a story that Yamaha had been supplying free pianos to universities for years. It was more than them just being nice, they knew that someone practicing every day on the school grand piano would likely go on to buy one, or be the decision maker for an orchestra, night club, or whatever. I always thought that was super smart of them. What I always thought was rather dumb, is that IBM doesn't do similar with educational use of all their software. And that's just copied bits ... no wood, metal, delivery, tuning, etc. On 6/9/2020 5:02 AM, Bob Bridges wrote: > A coworker just sent me this brief article. > > https://www.techrepublic.com/article/everyone-wants-to-retire-mainfram > es-but-74-of-modernization-efforts-fail/ > > I'm interested in two aspects of this: > > 1) The writer uses the word "modernization" quite a bit, and as far as I can > tell she uses it, without explanation, to mean "switching from mainframes to > more recently invented platforms". This is the old assumption we've talked > about recently. > > 2) There's a really surprising number in there: > > "...almost 100% of survey respondents plan to move legacy applications to the > cloud this year and the motivation to move is clear: > > - 60% strongly agree they will be left behind competitively if they > fail to modernize > - 33% say modernizing has allowed the company to be more reactive to > market changes > - 34% say legacy modernization has accelerated digital transformation > projects > > About three-quarters of leaders said they have started a modernization > program but failed to complete it...." > > Can that "almost 100%" claim be true? I confess that three out of my last > three clients are talking about eliminating the mainframe, but I supposed it > to be an anomaly. Maybe the survey used the word "modernize" and the author > ~assumed~ this must mean dropping the mainframe. > > The article also says "Mainframes are still critical to business operations > with 71% of the Fortune 500 depending on these machines, including 92 of the > world's 100 largest banks". Come on - she's telling us that almost ~all~ of > those companies intend to switch legacy applications to the cloud? I just > can't buy that. ~My~ bank had certainly better not be planning such a move. > > --- > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > /* If a problem has a single neck, it has a simple solution. */ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
