And just because it is worthwhile doesn't mean that they will deploy it in a worthwhile fashion.
-- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of Robert Crawford <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2025 8:55 AM To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Test External Message: Use Caution Just because companies are spending billions of dollars doesn't mean a technology will work or is even worthwhile. The highway to distributed systems is paved with money from failed projects to get off of the mainframe. We had the same situation in the 90's and called it "management by airline magazine." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
