[Default] On 7 Apr 2016 15:49:08 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main [email protected] (Farley, Peter x23353) wrote:
>It isn't just banks and financial institutions. American automobile companies >(Ford, Chrysler, GM) among others. > >I interviewed back in the mid-1980's at several large entertainment companies >(Columbia Pictures and at least one TV-related organization) that used >mainframes for administrative accounting work back then. Not sure if any of >them do today. > >US State governments and local governments for larger cities (e.g., NYC). > >Of course, those all qualify as OLD, as you said, not from the last 30 years. > >Someone with privileges to see the whole SHARE membership roster could >probably answer your question better than I can. > >IMHO part of what is vanishing mainframe clients is IBM's failure several >decades back to continue to support universities with discounted hardware and >software. Lack of mainframe availability at university level has translated >into current managements with no exposure and no desire to learn the >advantages (TCO, security, etc.) of mainframes. Not the whole reason, but a >significant contributor. How much of what most universities want to teach would run on z/OS? Linux on z? Is Goldman Sachs still using IBM mainframes since they have joined the trend of building their own computers? Clark Morris > >Peter > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >Behalf Of R.S. >Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2016 4:34 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Fwd: Tech News 1964 > >W dniu 2016-04-07 o 21:37, Mike Schwab pisze: >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/07/ibm_s_360_50_anniversary/ >> >> 96 of the biggest 100 banks in the world still run IBM mainframes. >Keywords: still, largest. >"Stil" means defensive, marketshare loss. >"Largest" means only the largest institutions really need mainframe. >Questions: What about those remaining 4 biggest banks? What computers do they >use? >Since those 4 bank in first 100 can live without mainframe, what about banks >from third or fourth hundred? > >Mainframe are usually used by big and OLD companies. "Old" is important here - >it's IT legacy, it's cost of migration, etc. >What big and new (30 years old or less) companies use mainframe? Google? >Facebook? Netflix? > >> If there is job security in the world, that is it. >Not for me. Raincode. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
