Apple Did the high school thing. That's where they got their devotees. On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 3:54 PM Tom Brennan <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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-mainframes-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
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