On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 08:00:37 -0600, Jack J. Woehr wrote: >Seems like actually only one of the apps actually going away, the rest being >Web front-ended, which is entirely appropriate. > >And as we all know, some of these conversions never succeed and they're forced >to drop back on maintaining the mainframe >app. > >I'm more sanguine about this as I catch up on the architecture. The last time >I studied the physical mainframe, it was >ES9000. > >The z13 is a truly amazing machine.
The largest of the sites mentioned is z13 already - multi-CEC, multi-site. Running Model 204 (yep, just them and the CIA left in the whole world apparently) Ain't going to survive like that, flashy GUI front ends or no. They have a lot of smart people, and a lot of smart tech, but they are fighting a Government that has snorted the tea-leaves. They have survived a big outsourcing push a few years back, and sundry departmental amalgamations, but they are in a barbed wire canoe paddling against the current.. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
