Hard to know how to evaluate this article's reliability. The .me country code, it says here, tells us the web site is based in Montenegro, where the official language is Montenegrin with Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian and Albanian in common usage. This particular item sounds like it's written by the proverbial Nigerian prince trying to get me to manage his multi-million-dollar stock portfolio, so I'm plagued by a tendency to disbelieve everything it says - which is absolutely not fair to the author.
I, too, believe the mainframe is far from dead/dying. But I'd like to know the author's prejudices before I try to evaluate the reliability of the "study" described here. And part of my problem may be that my last three clients ~all~ think they're getting rid of their mainframe. All three have been working on the project for 5 to 15 years, and all three are nowhere close to finishing. I smile patronizingly and make the occasional snide comment, making my opinion as obvious as possible without (I hope) being actually abrasive, and my coworkers sound like they agree with me. But the fact the I'm three-for-three bothers me a little. Could this attitude be more widespread than I want to believe? Meanwhile, recruiters tell me that mainframers are ever more difficult to find and our value keeps rising accordingly. --- Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 /* When their love was strong they could sleep on the edge of a sword, but now when they have forgotten, a bed sixty feet across is not sufficient. -Rab Akiva, quoted in _The Source_ by James Michener */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Monday, March 16, 2020 11:12 The mainframe is far from dead/dying. https://dailyscience.me/2020/03/16/mainframe-market-to-see-incredible-growth-during-2020-2030/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
