On Tue, 9 Jun 2020 12:49:53 +0000, Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu> wrote: > > "The survey found that organizations are running an average of four > mainframes with an average age of 17 years. Sixty-four percent are > running mainframes between 10 and 20 years old, with 28% running > machines that are 20 to 30 years old." > >I don't find that plausible. >
I also find this very hard to believe. *average* 17 years old? Current machines available in 2003 could be anything from CMOS G5 to z900 G2, not even considering what release of z/OS would be supported on them. Obviously none of these sites are financial institutions that have to be PCI and SOX compliant. Dana ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
