On Thursday, 04/13/2006 at 12:10 AST, "Edward M. Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is somewhat of a vent.
I can appreciate that the situation as it stands is untenable for some. You are faced with a choice: Stay with the hardware you have and run an unsupported configuration, or move to new hardware. That "new hardware" could be the same architecture or not. Naturally, this decision is even more painful if your CxO has not been working on TCO analyses and finding new opportunities to use the mainframe. [Alas, it is true. Some truly have not seen The Light.] > Why does IBM Decision Makers drive smaller Clients away from IBM > (specifically z/VM and VSE)? Ooooh! Philosophy class! "Why" questions! I'm not sure I'd agree that IBM is "driving them away" but would instead assert that IBM is doing its best not to hold anyone back. As a company, IBM (rightly) invests its resources (money, people, assets) into areas that will provide profit and growth and I can only hope that they are targeting their investments properly. Sure, within the limited context of zSeries it is easy to throw stones at TPTB, but I have to admit that I don't all of the information at hand that they do. TPTB also have to look after p, x, i, Services, middleware, and all the other areas mentioned in the annual report. Of course, all of the above is a point-in-time observation. A few years ago, I thought VM had reached the end of the road, and then, at 11:59pm Governor Linux called.... Alan Altmark Speaking for himself and Chuckie only, as stockholders-in-common
