I tried to choose my language carefully; but I was apparently misunderstood anyway, at least in part.
I see no evidence that the mainframe is going the way of the dodo. What is happening, outside China and several other new markets, is that 1) the number of small- and middling-sizeed mainframe shops is dropping steadily and 2) that many of the remaining large and very large shops are continuing to grow in size. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
