6 Apr
2013
6 Apr
'13
9 a.m.
Now they only need to figure out how to keep the
mainframe itself
alive...
Their impending death has slowed down to a snail's pace. There is
speculation that the amount of sites moving away from the mainframes
and the number of new mainframe installations is about even, but IBM
is very secretive about real numbers.
It is too bad that the ultra-conservative mainframe types will not
loosen their ties enough to get blood to their brains and listen to
the Unix people, and that the cocky Unix people will not shut up about
how great Unix is and listen to what mainframe people have to offer.
Oil and water.
--
Will