AFAIK IBM sometimes give some software to universities for free.
It can be operating system, access to remote system or just IBM course
(also include access to mainframe in Poughkeepsie).
To complement: several years ago they sold BC class machine to some
polish university at very good price. The HDS decided to sell DASD array
for 1 PLN (approx 0.25 USD).
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Radoslaw Skorupka
Lodz, Poland
W dniu 09.06.2020 o 18:12, Pommier, Rex pisze:
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
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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.
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