IBM keeps new customers under wraps. Fewer guys/gals like us are necessary. Automation is making us obsolete. Each iteration of the mainframe causes the need for fewer of them. But MIPs are still growing rapidly.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomgroenfeldt/2022/06/09/finserv-responds-to-ibm-z15-mainframe-with-45-increase-in-installed-mips-since-2019/ This list days are numbered. We will be relegated to “the old days” threads. Remote work has made many parking lots empty. From 2008 til I retired last year, I worked 100% remote. There are roughly 3,000 employees working at the Poughkeepsie plant from entry level to engineers.Feb 17, 2022 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Saturday, May 20, 2023, 1:36 PM, zMan <zedgarhoo...@gmail.com> wrote: All valid points but not addressing: When was the last time a new mainframe customer joined this list? Why are the parking lot and floor in POK empty all the time? And when was the last time you heard about a new, strategic mainframe application? (Hint: Not even within IBM.) On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 1:34 PM Bill Johnson < 00000047540adefe-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Not to mention the consolidation within industries. There are far fewer > airlines than 20 years ago. Far fewer banks too. Fewer retailers. > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > On Saturday, May 20, 2023, 1:17 PM, Tom Brennan < > t...@tombrennansoftware.com> wrote: > > Used to have multiple mainframes? You might be surprised at the current > count. But like any good company, they are always looking for cost > savings, depending on the risk of course. > > On 5/20/2023 9:49 AM, Bill Johnson wrote: > > Walmart used to have multiple mainframes. Because the mainframe has > evolved, they need fewer mainframes to perform Walmart’s growing business. > Also need fewer mainframe support personnel. Does that mean the mainframe > is not growing? > > > > > > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone > > > > > > On Saturday, May 20, 2023, 11:17 AM, zMan <zedgarhoo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Alas, this is patently false. The number of MIPS may be growing, but the > > number of boxes, shops, and applications is clearly dropping. When was > the > > last time a new mainframe customer joined this list? Why are the parking > > lot and floor in POK empty all the time? > > > > I sure wish it wasn't so, but all the real-world evidence says it is, > alas. > > Asserting otherwise is wishful thinking unsupported by the evidence. > > > > A better use of energy is looking for ways to keep the platform vibrant. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 > -- zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
