Understanding TCO is extremely important, yet frequently overlooked. Management sometimes doesn’t care or isn’t smart enough to determine it. My last boss only cared about initial cost, which he could take to his boss and say “see, I saved you $10,000” even though in 5 years he likely cost the company $50,000 in lost productivity, downtime, or other issues he didn’t factor in. Of course, my last boss was a Unix guy with zero knowledge of the mainframe and no desire to learn or take recommendations from his mainframe staff of 5 who combined had almost 200 years of experience.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Thursday, October 21, 2021, 8:44 AM, Ron Wells <000002ebc63ff5ef-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Marketing BS for the UNEDUCATED MGNT that only look at the $$ and does not know or understand TRUE TCO. % -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of David Elliot Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 2021 5:50 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Mainframe Modernization ** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION ** 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN Email Disclaimer This E-mail contains confidential information belonging to the sender, which may be legally privileged information. This information is intended only for the use of the individual or entity addressed above. If you are not the intended recipient, or an employee or agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of the E-mail or attached files is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
