Windows support costs are hard to identify. We know who supports the mainframe; they work for mainframe IT. But Windows in each department is supported in his "spare time" by that bright computer whiz kid in that department, and he is on their payroll.
Charles -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Ginnane Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2015 4:57 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Economics of Mainframe Technology On Tue, 10 Mar 2015 15:36:30 -0500, Art Gutowski wrote: >Given the armies of sysadmins to support *nix and windoze platforms, I gotta >believe labor costs on these platforms eclipse those of the mainframe. As Lynn mentions, the move to cloud affects them too - maybe most of all. "The time of the Elves is over ..." Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
