*All* resources have cost attributes. I'm quite sure Netflix, for example, spends a huge sum on computing resources, although to my knowledge they don't have a mainframe -- at least not one of their own. (Maybe they should!) I would also point out that the world's top wealthiest people often acquired their fortunes in computing...but never specifically in mainframe computing, at least not so far. Those individuals are wealthier than anybody in human history, as it happens.
Yes, mainframe owners and operators usually carefully monitor and manage mainframe resources. Sometimes their resource management practices make economic sense, sometimes not. At the same time, there's widespread agreement that other computing resources aren't generally being carefully monitored and managed enough. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Timothy Sipples IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM Z and LinuxONE, AP/GCG/MEA E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For more information on Linux on System z, visit http://wiki.linuxvm.org/
