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2020-11-17 Thread Bfishing
And it is still alive and well. I'd expect to see some updates in this space soon too: https://www.sinenomine.net/products-and-services/products-and-tools/mono On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 11:02 AM Tim Hare wrote: > The Mono project ran .NET stuff on Linux, and I have seen it running on > z/Linux >

Re: Microsoft using IBM was Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-11-17 Thread Tim Hare
The Mono project ran .NET stuff on Linux, and I have seen it running on z/Linux -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-13 Thread R.S.
W dniu 13.10.2020 o 19:28, Salva Carrasco pisze: Well not 16, but we run 10-12 trans per real client every day. Well, my knowledge from real life: 40-50 CICS transaction per customer every day. Note: every customer, including those who haven't been serviced for years or use services once a

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-13 Thread Salva Carrasco
Well not 16, but we run 10-12 trans per real client every day. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread David Crayford
On 2020-10-12 10:04 PM, Joe Monk wrote: "For example, show me a customer that is running Node.js in production on z/OS?" How long has it been since youve been to SHARE? Pittsburgh. I can't remember any customer presentations about deploying Node is production. Are you aware of any since you

Re: Microsoft using IBM was Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread R.S.
W dniu 12.10.2020 o 17:23, Ed Jaffe pisze: On 10/12/2020 8:15 AM, Clark Morris wrote: I would be astounded if Microsoft was running any of their business today on other than Microsoft operating systems or Linux on x86 and ARM hardware. Microsoft has an IBM mainframe running z/OS. One of

Re: Microsoft using IBM was Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Steve Beaver
IBM runs Azure for MS Sent from my iPhone I promise you I can’t type or Spell on any smartphone > On Oct 12, 2020, at 10:23, Ed Jaffe wrote: > > On 10/12/2020 8:15 AM, Clark Morris wrote: >> >> I would be astounded if Microsoft was running any of their business >> today on other than

Re: Microsoft using IBM was Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 10/12/2020 8:15 AM, Clark Morris wrote: I would be astounded if Microsoft was running any of their business today on other than Microsoft operating systems or Linux on x86 and ARM hardware. Microsoft has an IBM mainframe running z/OS. One of their guys comes to SHARE. I saw him a while

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Bill Johnson
I agree with Joe. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, October 12, 2020, 10:48 AM, Joe Monk wrote: Mainframes have been running node.js for years. In fact you can run Linux/390 and z/OS side by side on the same box with LPARs... "A Forrester survey released in 2019 found that 56% of

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Bill Johnson
You act like IBM marketing material isn’t true. Prove to me it’s false that 90% of credit card transactions don’t process on the mainframe. I’ve provided proof it is. You’ve provided nothing to disprove it. It’s not hard to come to the 90% conclusion since almost all banks worldwide run on the

Microsoft using IBM was Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Clark Morris
12, 2020 6:55 AM >To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies > >Classification: HCL Internal > >The dirty little secret is that MSOFT has a mainframe in the back office! > >---

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Charles Mills
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Classification: HCL Internal The dirty little secret is that MSOFT has a mainframe in the back office! -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Bill Ogden
Before pontificating on "stupid" patents, PLEASE study the general field just a tiny bit! These are defensive patents and the unfortunate patent systems (mostly led by the U.S.) make these very necessary. The only stupidity involved (other than the whole patent process) is not understanding

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Joe Monk
"For example, show me a customer that is running Node.js in production on z/OS?" How long has it been since youve been to SHARE? Joe On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 7:36 AM David Crayford wrote: > On 2020-10-12 8:21 PM, Joe Monk wrote: > > > IBM has also aggressively added support for newer

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Allan Staller
Classification: HCL Internal The dirty little secret is that MSOFT has a mainframe in the back office! -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Clark Morris Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 2:55 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Alan Altmark
On Thu, 8 Oct 2020 10:44:09 -0500, Dave Jousma wrote: >Anyone know any more about this? > >https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ibm-divestiture/ibm-to-break-up-109-year-old-company-to-focus-on-cloud-growth-idUSKBN26T1TZ >

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread David Crayford
On 2020-10-12 8:21 PM, Joe Monk wrote: IBM has also aggressively added support for newer technologies on System z. "All modern stuff runs well on the big box, from Linux to Kubernetes," Mueller said. "So cloud makes sense when you need infinite compute for AI/ML or storage for Big Data. Then

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Joe Monk
Mainframes have been running node.js for years. In fact you can run Linux/390 and z/OS side by side on the same box with LPARs... "A Forrester survey released in 2019 found that 56% of respondents planned to increase their mainframe usage over the next two years, while 36% planned on the same

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Bill Johnson
I never post BS. I interviewed at PayPal quite a few years ago at their Columbus, Ohio location. Up in Dublin a northern suburb. They had a mainframe then. Apple & Amazon uses a credit card processor which uses a mainframe. PayPal also tries to push a credit card on you which is processed by

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread David Crayford
On 2020-10-12 6:41 PM, Bill Johnson wrote: Coming from the guy who said he does PayPal, Amazon, & Apple transactions and doesn’t know those transactions are mainframe processed through a bank. So what? The payments system is not running on a mainframe. Nor is the mobile payments back-end and

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Bill Johnson
Coming from the guy who said he does PayPal, Amazon, & Apple transactions and doesn’t know those transactions are mainframe processed through a bank. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, October 12, 2020, 5:53 AM, David Crayford wrote: On 2020-10-12 12:19 AM, Bill Johnson wrote: >

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread David Crayford
Yes, semantics! Here's another cracker https://www.ft.com/content/6f02ce76-e1d6-45d8-b27a-0491281c2507! On 2020-10-12 5:55 PM, R.S. wrote: David, You wrote: "IBM patents are mostly pathetic." I understand it as (almost all) IBM patents are pathetic. I disagree with such generalisation.

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread R.S.
David, You wrote: "IBM patents are mostly pathetic." I understand it as (almost all) IBM patents are pathetic. I disagree with such generalisation. Now you write: "It was me that said they were pathetic" Which can be understood as SOME patents are pathetic. Note: not "mostly", and not "IBM

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Seymour J Metz
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of David Crayford Sent: Monday, October 12, 2020 4:17 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Is this kind of behavior what you are describing as "defensive"? https://www.forbes.com/asap/2

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Seymour J Metz
du/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Mike Hochee Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 7:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Charles, you must've found my creds! Please dispose of them in a secure manner. :-) You m

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Seymour J Metz
ehalf Of Mike Hochee Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 4:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Charles, you must've found my creds! Please dispose of them in a secure manner. :-) You make a good point. And to muddy things further, the AWS user community seems t

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Seymour J Metz
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Wayne Bickerdike Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 7:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Unfortunately, the U.S. patent system creates warped incentives for emerging software

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread David Crayford
http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of David Crayford Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 10:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies It was me that said they were pathetic and I

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-12 Thread Seymour J Metz
ccessfully patenting it. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of David Crayford Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 10:39 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Steve Thompson
Having been at a company IBM acquired, we were told that if we could come up with a novel way to throw paper into a trash can Sent from my iPhone — small keyboarf, fat fungrs, stupd spell manglr. Expct mistaks > On Oct 11, 2020, at 10:39 PM, David Crayford wrote: > > It was me that

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread David Crayford
On 2020-10-12 12:19 AM, Bill Johnson wrote: Amazon, PayPal, & Apple either have a mainframe (PayPal did when I interviewed there) In what parallel universe did Amazon, Paypal run a mainframe? lala-land? If I google "paypal technology stack" and I don't see a mainframe! Mainframes are for

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread David Crayford
It was me that said they were pathetic and I stand by that remark. There's a website that has a "stupid patent of the month" which is dominated by IBM. Here's a good one! https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2017/02/stupid-patent-month-ibm-patents-out-office-email A lot of my colleagues are ex

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
(Seymour J.) Metz > http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 > > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf > of Wayne Bickerdike > Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 6:14 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM splitting in

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Charles Mills
: Sunday, October 11, 2020 4:09 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Charles, you must've found my creds! Please dispose of them in a secure manner. :-) You make a good point. And to muddy things further, the AWS user community seems to use the term '

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Mike Hochee
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 6:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Caution! This message was sent from outside your

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Charles Mills
lf Of Mike Hochee Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 3:34 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies I do not have an accurate big picture nor a decent set of data to work with, but here are a few google hits that do not inspire confidence, just anecdotal stuff

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Mike Hochee
: IBM splitting into two companies Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization. [Default] On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:40:07 -0700 (PDT), in bit.listserv.ibm-main computer chyck wrote: >> snip much > >Cloud computing is alot like teenage sex - everybody is doing it (or w

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Seymour J Metz
, October 11, 2020 6:14 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies IBM have a patent on the SORTL instruction. I guess they are entitled to do that but IMHO what it does is hardly new. How it does it, perhaps. I wish I had patented run flat tires. It was my idea many

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
ixwTAUA0itEIpJGAX5WYsIRq8sKTtcTu1j6b2O60Lg0a6PlCrkqGyr5WvMRNp5ENVlCpuQm3LdX5vI7_DSXZDoybB/https%3A%2F%2Fventurebeat.com%2F2020%2F07%2F31%2Fprobeat-slowing-aws-microsoft-azure-and-google-cloud-revenue-growth-is-a-good-thing%2Famp%2F > >>> > >>> > >>> Sent from Yahoo Ma

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Clark Morris
[Default] On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 10:40:07 -0700 (PDT), in bit.listserv.ibm-main computer chyck wrote: >> snip much > >Cloud computing is alot like teenage sex - everybody is doing it (or wants to >do it) but nobody has a flippin' clue how to do it correctly!!! What I fear is that Amazon and

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Seymour J Metz
>>> >>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >>> >>> >>> On Friday, October 9, 2020, 6:38 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 < >>> 031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Don't believe whoever told you

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Seymour J Metz
Discussion List on behalf of R.S. Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2020 12:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Patents are not pathetic. Other companies still make new patents. Including those like Microsoft and Google. Patents are still valid and important even

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
6:38 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 < >>> 031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Don't believe whoever told you that about AWS.  There are real companies >>> building real enterprise-level applications on AWS today. >>> >>> Pe

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >>> >>> >>> On Friday, October 9, 2020, 6:38 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 < >>> 031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Don't believe whoever told you that about AWS.  There are

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
True. Thanks. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, October 11, 2020, 12:36 PM, R.S. wrote: Bill, I know that. I just complemented your answer. BTW: I also wasn't the person wrote about IBM was not forced out. However I believe you also knew that. Fortunately listserv is written, so

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread R.S.
Bill, I know that. I just complemented your answer. BTW: I also wasn't the person wrote about IBM was not forced out. However I believe you also knew that. Fortunately listserv is written, so everyone may read the history and re-read if needed. Regards -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
eplicate. In fact, AZURE growth is beginning to >>> slow. >>>> Even with the government contract. >>>> >>>> >>> https://venturebeat.com/2020/07/31/probeat-slowing-aws-microsoft-azure-and-google-cloud-revenue-growth-is-a-good-thing/amp/ >>&g

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread R.S.
re real companies building real enterprise-level applications on AWS today. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies 2 completely

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
; >>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >>> >>> >>> On Friday, October 9, 2020, 6:38 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 < >>> 031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Don't believe whoever told you that about

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
old move > by someone only six months on the job. > > My nickel's worth. > > Mike > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of David Crayford > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 11:31 PM > To: IBM-M

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
ure-and-google-cloud-revenue-growth-is-a-good-thing/amp/ >>> >>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >>> >>> >>> On Friday, October 9, 2020, 6:38 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 < >>> 031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
; > My nickel's worth. > > Mike > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of David Crayford > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 11:31 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM splitting into

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
ind Krishna thinks about z/OS?  A very bold move > by someone only six months on the job. > > My nickel's worth. > > Mike > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of David Crayford > Sent: Saturd

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
e job. > > My nickel's worth. > > Mike > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of David Crayford > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 11:31 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM spl

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread R.S.
You are right, but it wasn't just failed implementation. It was blocker from legal point of view - both parties wanted to do the business, but government law demanded this liability. So, no other attempt of any other company (in this business) would be possible. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz,

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
gt;>> >>> >>> Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone >>> >>> >>> On Friday, October 9, 2020, 6:38 PM, Farley, Peter x23353 < >>> 031df298a9da-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >>> >>> Don't believe whoever told you t

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
IBM does indeed process 90% of credit card transactions. Maybe not at POS, but at the backend. (POS- point of sale) Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, October 11, 2020, 11:28 AM, zMan wrote: A fair question. That's based on working with all of the top-ten processors, most or all of

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread zMan
A fair question. That's based on working with all of the top-ten processors, most or all of whom still use NonStop. Compaq bought Tandem, HP bought Compaq, then when HP split into HP and HPE, the NonStop business went to HPE. Yes, NonStop is way down from its peak. Credit card processing seems

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread R.S.
W dniu 09.10.2020 o 04:25, zMan pisze: Nope, IBM doesn't process 90% of credit card transactions. Most processors are on distributed, with a lot of HPE NonStop in the mix, but also other platforms. Can you provide any source of this statement? From my limited knowledge it seems NonStop is

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
So market cap is now the determining factor for the best companies? Here’s the 1980 list of market cap leaders. Had IBM not been forced out of the PC market, I’d bet IBM would still be at or near the top, and MSFT wouldn’t be. 1980: 1. IBM 2. AT 3. Exxon 4. Standard Oil of Indiana 5.

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread R.S.
e real companies building real enterprise-level applications on AWS today. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies 2 completely

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread David Crayford
eal enterprise-level applications on AWS today. Peter -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies 2 completely different markets. AZURE &

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread David Crayford
er 9, 2020 7:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies 2 completely different markets. AZURE & AWS are consumer market clouds. IBM is enterprise. On Friday, October 9, 2020, 5:28 AM, zMan wrote: Actually, Bill, it's pretty clear that you did

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
ies >> building real enterprise-level applications on AWS today. >> >> Peter >> >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf >> Of Bill Johnson >> Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:53 AM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization. You're conflating enterprise with traditional mainframe customers such as the finance industry. Apple, BP, Shell, Coca-Cola etc all use AWS, are they not enterprise customers

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
re are real companies > > building real enterprise-level applications on AWS today. > > > > Peter > > > > -Original Message- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > > Of Bill Johnson > > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:53 AM > &g

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread David Crayford
- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 11:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Caution! This message was sent from outside your organization. You're

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Wayne Bickerdike >> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 2:38 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies >> >> Global services was a poor place for "IB

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread Bill Johnson
@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > > > Don't believe whoever told you that about AWS.  There are real companies > > building real enterprise-level applications on AWS today. > > > > Peter > > > > -Original Message- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-11 Thread David Crayford
On 2020-10-11 11:18 AM, Wayne Bickerdike wrote: At my exit interview, my manager asked why I was leaving. I told him I was going to work for a start-up developing applications for Intel 8080 and Z80 microcomputers. He said, "you can work out a months notice because I don't ever see IBM getting

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Mike Hochee
. Mike -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of David Crayford Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 11:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Caution! This message was sent from outside

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Charles Mills
opies." Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Wayne Bickerdike Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 8:19 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Hi Charles, GBG was general busi

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread David Crayford
TSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies 2 completely different markets. AZURE & AWS are consumer market clouds. IBM is enterprise. On Friday, October 9, 2020, 5:28 AM, zMan wrote: Actually, Bill, it's pretty clear that you didn't read the report. It's at https://u

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
> >> >> -Original Message- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On >> Behalf Of Wayne Bickerdike >> Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 2:38 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Wayne Bickerdike > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 2:38 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies > > Global services was a poor place f

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread zMan
ver told you that about AWS. There are real companies > > building real enterprise-level applications on AWS today. > > > > Peter > > > > -Original Message- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > > Of Bill Johnson > > Sent: Friday, Oct

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Charles Mills
TMA Too many acronyms. What is GBG? What is DP? I know RBG. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Wayne Bickerdike Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 2:38 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
t; Behalf Of Phil Smith III > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 7:09 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies > > Wayne Bickerdike wrote: > > >Perhaps IBM are prepping to sell off Global Services. > > > > Isn't that what this is

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Bill Johnson
ay. > > Peter > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Bill Johnson > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:53 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies > > 2 completely different markets

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Bill Johnson
M Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Bill Johnson > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:53 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies > > 2 completely different markets. AZURE & AWS are consumer market clouds. > IBM is enterprise. > >

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Bill Johnson
d you that about AWS.  There are real companies > building real enterprise-level applications on AWS today. > > Peter > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Bill Johnson > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:53 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LIST

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Bill Johnson
.ua.edu> wrote: > > Don't believe whoever told you that about AWS.  There are real companies > building real enterprise-level applications on AWS today. > > Peter > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Bill Johnson > Sent: Fr

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Charles Mills
FWIW that is how I took it. Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2020 7:09 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies Wayne Bickerdike

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Steve Smith
Evidently Arvind Krishna thinks the IT Services Division (or whatever it is) is worthless, as he didn't attempt to sell it, he's just throwing it out. Apparently, whatever profits it contributes aren't worth the distraction to his "maniacal" focus on "hybrid cloud". As the divestment (calling it

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread Phil Smith III
Wayne Bickerdike wrote: >Perhaps IBM are prepping to sell off Global Services. Isn't that what this is? That's what I took "IT infrastructure services unit" to mean. Am I confused (always possible, probably likely)? ...phsiii

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread zMan
nies > building real enterprise-level applications on AWS today. > > Peter > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of Bill Johnson > Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:53 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two c

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-10 Thread zMan
IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf > of zMan > Sent: Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:25 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies > > Nope, IBM doesn't process 90% of credit card transactions. Most processors > are on distributed, w

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-09 Thread Wayne Bickerdike
Perhaps IBM are prepping to sell off Global Services. On Fri, Oct 9, 2020 at 8:08 PM David Cole wrote: > So what happened? Did IBM buy Red Hat and then Red Hat swallowed up IBM? > > > > > > > At 10/8/2020 04:18 PM, Knutson, Samuel wrote: > >You can read the press release, view the charts and

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-09 Thread Bill Johnson
iscussion List On Behalf Of Bill Johnson Sent: Friday, October 9, 2020 7:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies 2 completely different markets. AZURE & AWS are consumer market clouds. IBM is enterprise. On Friday, October 9, 2020, 5:28 AM, zMan wrot

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-09 Thread Charles Mills
To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies 2 completely different markets. AZURE & AWS are consumer market clouds. IBM is enterprise. On Friday, October 9, 2020, 5:28 AM, zMan wrote: Actually, Bill, it's pretty clear that you didn't read the report. It's at h

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-09 Thread Farley, Peter x23353
Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies 2 completely different markets. AZURE & AWS are consumer market clouds. IBM is enterprise. On Friday, October 9, 2020, 5:28 AM, zMan wrote: Actually, Bill, it's pretty clear that you didn't read the report. It's at https://urldefense.co

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-09 Thread Ron Wells
Just more dragging Mainframe DOWN to the lower levels of OS's -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Friday, October 09, 2020 11:46 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies ** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-09 Thread Charles Mills
As usual, The Register is fairly informative: https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/08/ibm_splits_off_services_division/ As I read this, if you're with IBM Outsourcing you job is headed off to NewCo; for the rest of us nothing much changes. Unfortunately I don't see much hope of an increased or

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-09 Thread Seymour J Metz
half > Of zMan > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2020 2:41 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies > > ** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION ** > > > "IBM cloud" is a joke. When anyone talks about cloud, it's AWS, Azure, > maybe

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-09 Thread Bill Johnson
Why Do Mainframes Matter Today? >From SHARE’s perspective, mainframes are an indispensable asset for businesses >of all kinds. Here are just a few stats to back it up: - Mainframes host critical core IT for: 92 of the world’s top 100 banks; 23 of the 25 top airlines; 10 of the world’s

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-09 Thread Bill Johnson
2 completely different markets. AZURE & AWS are consumer market clouds. IBM is enterprise. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, October 9, 2020, 5:28 AM, zMan wrote: Actually, Bill, it's pretty clear that you didn't read the report. It's at https://kinsta.com/blog/cloud-market-share/

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-09 Thread Bill Johnson
20, 6:30 PM, Ron Wells < > 02ebc63ff5ef-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > CLOUD by any other name > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf > Of zMan > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2020 2:41 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-09 Thread Bill Johnson
I understand fully who the top vendors are. IBM doesn’t even try to get people to store their photos, music, & emails in the cloud. Comparing AWS & AZURE to IBM’s cloud is comparing apples to oranges. Or comparing PC’s to the Mainframe.  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, October 9,

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-09 Thread David Cole
So what happened? Did IBM buy Red Hat and then Red Hat swallowed up IBM? At 10/8/2020 04:18 PM, Knutson, Samuel wrote: You can read the press release, view the charts and listen the webcast where this was rolled out to Wall Street analysts this morning here

Re: IBM splitting into two companies

2020-10-08 Thread zMan
> Of zMan > Sent: Thursday, October 08, 2020 2:41 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: IBM splitting into two companies > > ** EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION ** > > > "IBM cloud" is a joke. When anyone talks about cloud, it's AWS, Azure, > maybe GCP.

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