On Thu, 9 Dec 2021 10:55:08 -0800, Ed Jaffe <[email protected]> wrote:
>On 12/8/2021 5:40 AM, Doug wrote: >> I have watched this thread, and there is simply one thing most of us >> are missing. >> This is a MF forum. For years, we have been subjected to "oh using the >> (insert new technology) is so much better than these old obsolete >> mainframes." And we have universally warned not to drink the Kool-Aid. >> >> So excuse us a bit of satisfaction when the one of these "master of >> the universe" technologies has a problem that renders it mortal, like >> these old, obsolete mainframes. > >Absolutely justifiable, especially when the platform being derided has >*explicitly* positioned themselves as your MORTAL ENEMY: How reliable is IBM's z related cloud offering? How many of the mainframe shops are in practice old and obsolete due to management policy? How many shops have COBOL coding standards last updated with either COBOL 68 (ANS COBOL) or COBOL 74 (COBOL VS)? In my opinion one of the greater risks of the cloud is that the appropriate national government may compel the provider be it AWS, IBM, Microsoft, etc. to give said government access to an organization's data without notifying the organization. I think I read somewhere that the US Patriot act may authorize this and I believe that this is probably not unique to the United States. > >https://www.datacenterknowledge.com/cloud/aws-out-kill-mainframes Clark Morris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
