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'? >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
