Gee, thanks, Ed. You mentioned the link below and I get a 404 error. You told IBM it was there so they scrubbed it too! <grin>
Seriously, I got a 404 not found error using the link. I found it here: http://www-07.ibm.com/servers/eserver/includes/download/mainframe_charter_faq.pdf Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ed Jaffe Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 9:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Mainframe Charter (Was: Predict WLC invoice amount ...) On 5/22/2013 11:38 PM, Timothy Sipples wrote: > By the way, when IBM announced the Mainframe Charter 10 years ago, it > promised to deliver on a few important principles. One of the most > important was to improve the value of zSeries (now zEnterprise). Very > importantly, IBM did not specify exactly what form those ongoing > improvements would take, at least in part because IBM couldn't predict > everything. I'm pretty sure IBM didn't predict the DB2 Analytics > Accelerator in 2003, for example -- at least not in detail. IBM hasn't > issued many charters -- maybe two? -- and I think many observers missed how > seriously IBM took (and takes) the Mainframe Charter. I really liked the Mainframe Charter. It was a great way to kick-off the mainframe's 40th anniversary celebrations! I was disappointed when IBM started systematically scrubbing away every trace of the Mainframe Charter from its web sites. (Fortunately, they left this FAQ that explains what it was all about: http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/includes/download/mainframe_charter_faq.pdf). I hope they plan to do another all new one next year to help celebrate the mainframe's 50th anniversary! -- Edward E Jaffe Phoenix Software International, Inc 831 Parkview Drive North El Segundo, CA 90245 http://www.phoenixsoftware.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information and is intended for the sole use of the intended recipient. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any unauthorized use, disclosure, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited and that you will be held responsible for any such unauthorized activity, including liability for any resulting damages. As appropriate, such incident(s) may also be reported to law enforcement. If you received this e-mail in error, please reply to sender and destroy or delete the message and any attachments. Thank you. NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments and appended messages, is for the sole use of the intended recipients and may contain confidential and legally privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, any review, dissemination, distribution, copying, storage or other use of all or any portion of this message is strictly prohibited. If you received this message in error, please immediately notify the sender by reply e-mail and delete this message in its entirety. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
