I've learned through experience that the S/390 platform is held to a much higher standard than even Sun, HP or AIX UNIX systems. Even though those systems approach the acquisition costs of a S/390 they are judged as if they were a 'cheap' Windows machine.
There appears to be a double standard today in the IT industry. And it is a standard that is never explained when management is pressed for a reason. "Abruzzese, Pat" wrote: > I know this is off the board but I would like to know why is the > "mainframe's" down time limited when the "client/servers" > seem to going down whenever. In the middle of the morning, afternoon or > night unscheduled. My VM/ESA 2.4.0 was IPL'ed 1/09/2002 and have been up > since. I will take it down this Sunday to put Z/VM 4.3.0 in service. Why are > there two sets of standards??? > > vr, > > P. Abruzzese
