Classification: Confidential How many people have heard "We're 25 years into our 5-year plan to get off the mainframe!"
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Howard Rifkind Sent: Monday, November 25, 2024 10:54 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Heh, "Sabre is Getting Off the Mainframe-One Way or Another" [CAUTION: This Email is from outside the Organization. Unless you trust the sender, Don’t click links or open attachments as it may be a Phishing email, which can steal your Information and compromise your Computer.] The company I worked for many years decided to go in a similar direction. Needless to say they only had very moderate success, never completed the project before going out of business. Servers laying all over the computer room and just one 3090-xxx running VM release 5.xx, 4 MVS O/s, VM under VM running a real old version of IBM DOS because of an old hardware 3340 issue (ISAM never converted to VSAM. This story isn't new, seems management just can't decide which platform is the right box to run the business and get the most out a buck. On Mon, Nov 25, 2024 at 10:27 AM Phil Smith III <li...@akphs.com> wrote: > Sabre is Getting Off the Mainframe-One Way or Another > > https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fplan > etmainframe.com%2F2023%2F06%2Fsabre-is-getting-off-the-mainframe-one-w > ay-or-another%2F&data=05%7C02%7Callan.staller%40HCLTECH.COM%7C2fb35704 > 6ded45661e4808dd0d71f2d7%7C189de737c93a4f5a8b686f4ca9941912%7C0%7C0%7C > 638681505272665657%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlY > iOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0% > 7C%7C%7C&sdata=waoAQRqHzB7BcD%2BoX385fCPesmwckbmz8NJHXp16GO0%3D&reserv > ed=0 > > "No, really, we mean it this time." > > And this is almost 18 months old; I can't remember how I came across > it now, alas. ("Senility: not just a river in Africa") > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ::DISCLAIMER:: ________________________________ The contents of this e-mail and any attachment(s) are confidential and intended for the named recipient(s) only. E-mail transmission is not guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or may contain viruses in transmission. The e mail and its contents (with or without referred errors) shall therefore not attach any liability on the originator or HCL or its affiliates. Views or opinions, if any, presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of HCL or its affiliates. Any form of reproduction, dissemination, copying, disclosure, modification, distribution and / or publication of this message without the prior written consent of authorized representative of HCL is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error please delete it and notify the sender immediately. Before opening any email and/or attachments, please check them for viruses and other defects. ________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
