I should say one thing though... your last statement makes me feel secure with my career lol.
- KB ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ On Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 at 8:15 PM, Bill Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > In 10 years, the mainframe will process some multiple of transactions it does > today. Likely a very high multiple. > > On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 09:42:26 AM EST, kekronbekron > [email protected] wrote: > > "...I don't want my health care information or my financial data running on > those platforms."... yet. > > Maybe not Goog or MS, but AWS will surely keep trying to eat IBM's pie. > > Already, there's zPDT for dev/test-ing in AWS. > > I mean, it's not real workload, there's still IBM licensing and all, but > parts of the workload (not prod maybe) have started escaping, I suspect. > > - KB > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > On Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 at 8:06 PM, Bill Johnson > [email protected] wrote: > > > What I've been saying for years and catching flack for it. I have my > > pictures on AWS, and buy things that likely run on AWS, or Azure/Google > > cloud. But, I don't want my health care information or my financial data > > running on those platforms. > > > > On Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 09:26:17 AM EST, Matt Hogstrom > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > Its all about the workload. AWS is not a platform to run the world’s > > finances on but storing someone’s pictures or having applications where > > BASE is acceptable and provides accelerated innovation makes it better than > > the existing processes in many shops today. > > > > I have a truck and a Honda Pilot … I use each for their purposes and don’t > > criticize the Pilot for not carrying a load of dirt and my truck for gas > > mileage that is the not as good as the Pilot. > > > > Sorry for Amazon as I suspect a number of people are impacted and I’m glad > > the mainframe was up to buy my morning coffee. > > > > > On Dec 7, 2021, at 11:30 PM, Bill Johnson > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > AWS had a larger & longer outage today, than all the outages on the > > > mainframes I’ve worked on in the last 30 years. Much worse. Yet, some > > > here think AWS is going to replace the mainframe for critical > > > applications like banking, health care, big retail, and insurance. Plus, > > > the mainframe has had plenty of negative posts here in the decades I’ve > > > been involved. Nobody dies when Netflix isn’t available. (One of the hits > > > from today) people can and do die if the drugs they need aren’t available > > > because the computer system is down. > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > On Tuesday, December 7, 2021, 11:01 PM, kekronbekron > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > Not at anybody in particular: > > > > > > Do we have to make snide remarks because someone else had an outage? > > > > > > Don't we remember the times when things on the mainframe itself went > > > south? > > > > > > Has every site's MF env. been 100% available through all these decades? > > > > > > Is it wrong to fail sometimes? > > > > > > Is this the attitude with which you'd like to retire, holding onto > > > precious remarks and burning the path behind you as you leave? > > > > > > What does that say about one's mentality and outlook in life? > > > > > > - KB > > > > > > ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ Original Message ‐‐‐‐‐‐‐ > > > > > > On Wednesday, December 8th, 2021 at 3:54 AM, Ronald Wells > > > [email protected] wrote: > > > > > > > Pretty pic/web pages make the $$ did you not get the memo > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [email protected] On Behalf > > > > Of John McKown > > > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, December 7, 2021 2:57 PM > > > > > > > > To: [email protected] > > > > > > > > Subject: Re: AWS is down. > > > > > > > > ** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION ** > > > > > > > > Oh, but they advertise that they can replace mainframe. Well, maybe the > > > > processing. But not the on site reliability. Of course, for WFH, the > > > > internet is the week point. And, most likely, also the home equipment. > > > > I just had to reboot my Windows PC at home because it decided to stop > > > > talking to my internet router. > > > > > > > > On Tue, Dec 7, 2021, 12:49 Bill Johnson < > > > > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Amazon Web Services is down. I can’t get to my pictures. 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