I worked on the mainframe “cloud” in the 1980’s. GM consolidated data centers in Charlotte. (EDS) Most of the manufacturing facilities were in the Midwest. 1983. I was part of the first successful migration. Still have the little congratulatory marble square with the gold emblem. I don’t cringe about the “cloud” now just as I didn’t then. Although, I didn’t think in 1983 they could pull it off. Certainly there are differences now, but the basic point was to allow processing at a central location from anywhere in the world.
Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Thursday, October 20, 2022, 5:25 PM, Paul Gilmartin <[email protected]> wrote: On Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:54:31 +0000, Bill Johnson wrote: >That’s not going to sit well with the “mainframe is dying” crowd. It will >still be the best platform in the world long after most of us have retired. > But the mainframe traditionalists will cringe at the word "cloud". Note that this thread originated because the OP's environment and a supplier are lethargic in adding HTTPS to their tools repertoire, preferring to stay with FTP. >On Thursday, October 20, 2022, 4:30 PM, Mark Regan <[email protected]> >wrote: > >https://www.networkworld.com/article/3677548/ibm-sales-jump-shows-the-mainframe-is-not-dead-with-hybrid-cloud-alive-and-well.html -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
