Actually, I can envision mainframe properly done such that there are no outages 
perceivable toe the ordinary user of the services.

On the otherhand, even when we were on a 3090 or before with real disk and 
tape, I would have never dares ask for as much routine scheduled outage as the 
"better" outsourced application running on OracleOnDemand. 6 to 8 hours most 
weekends.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]]
> On Behalf Of Shane Ginnane
> Sent: Wednesday, June 17, 2015 4:29 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Why major financial institutions are growing their use of
> mainframes
> 
> On Wed, 17 Jun 2015 11:15:59 -0400, Tony Thigpen wrote:
> 
> >Good story, but my BS meter is pegged on this one.
> 
> And not just on that bullet point.
> The big banks are moving off-host here. I just got locked out of internet 
> access
> to my business account because my bank is in the process of moving to a new
> core system that was outsourced to Oracle in India.
> A few weeks before end of financial year (June 30 here) ....  :( What a bunch
> of dorks.
> 
> Shane ...
> 
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