So counter propose a zSeries based solution - say using Linux in an IFL and DB/2 with some kind of Client/Server application. IBM has some GREAT support for that now.
Also talk to people like Dave Rivers (SYS/ASM) and Dave Bond (TACHYON) , both of whom frequent this list. They both have assembler products that run just dandy under Linux/390 on the mainframe. Faster than greased lightening too.
And remember, that if you can come in with a proposal that preseves the legacy systems, satifies the Windows crowd who don't know anything about non-Windows platforms, and do it cheaper, faster, and better... well - that is a no-brainer for anyone.
-Paul
--- Begin Message ---Having worked for the Leon County Court systems in Tallahassee, I would suggest that your statements are not Politically Correct. They are true but not PC.Ed Martin Aultman Health Foundation 330-588-4723 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ext. 40441 > -----Original Message----- > From: The IBM z/VM Operating System [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of > Steve_Domarski/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2006 8:15 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Another long slow decline. > > The jaw dropper here was from the consultants that keep asking for the > mainframe budget figures over and over. They just couldn't believe that we > were operating what we have for the costs. The mantra then became > performance. Everything was suddenly so slow that almost no one could get > there work done. Which was unusual because in that year we finished more > ownership changes and set new values on more parcels then in any of the > previous three years. The real issue here appears to be political. > Conservatives believe privatizing government will make government smaller. > No one ever said it would be cheep. Don't get me wrong I would be leading > this charge if it was cheaper. I pay taxes in this town to. But to pay > 300% > more than the current cost, loose facility, loose performance, and the tax > dollars go out of town is just mind numbing.
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