That’s a very good point, Tony.

Rich Smrcina


> On Oct 20, 2021, at 8:52 PM, Tony Thigpen <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> It's a magic salesman word.
> 
> A few years ago, it meant moving the mainframe workload to PC using a PC 
> based Cobol. Later it meant moving to the cloud.
> 
> Anytime you hear the word, it means "I have some snake oil to sell you where 
> I can get rich even if the project fails."
> 
> Be aware that while it sounds almost the same, the term "Application 
> Modernization" usually means good/legitimate things like adding a web 
> front-end or a better database back-end.
> 
> "Mainframe Modernization" is bad, "Application Modernization" is good. 
> (Normally.)
> 
> Tony Thigpen
> 
> David Elliot wrote on 10/20/21 6:50 PM:
>> Does anyone out there know what is meant by the expression "Mainframe
>> Modernization' '? It seems  to be catching on with the Bobs but when you
>> ask exactly how they propose to modernize their systems all you get is
>> silence. As in if you don"know we shouldn't even be talking about it.
>> Any ideas ? Or is it just more BS like 'cloud' or 'devops'?
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