The large insurance company in my town switched the lights off in the mainframe last month. We’re now down to 1 remaining mainframe site, a bank. When I moved here 26 years ago there were about 15 sites. I can remember the carnage of the 90s when jumping to SAP was the thing. And contrary to the fluff pieces on the PlanetMainframe site those migrations did not fail.
> On 10 Jan 2025, at 22:43, Steve Beaver > <0000050e0c375a14-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > I had a customer, a mid-sized insurance company that stated in 1995 they > were exiting > The mainframe space. Well its 2025 and they are still on a z13 > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This electronic mail (including any attachments) may contain information that > is privileged, confidential, and/or otherwise protected from disclosure to > anyone other than its intended recipient(s). Any dissemination or use of this > electronic email or its contents (including any attachments) by persons other > than the intended recipient(s) is strictly prohibited. If you have received > this message in error, please notify us immediately by reply email so that we > may correct our internal records. Please then delete the original message > (including any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Mike Schwab > Sent: Friday, January 10, 2025 12:40 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Bye all > > https://planetmainframe.com/2023/06/sabre-is-getting-off-the-mainframe-one-way-or-another/ > >> On Thu, Jan 9, 2025 at 11:14 PM The North American Becker >> <00000762a73125b7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: >> >> The mainframe is dead. >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >> send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > -- > Mike A Schwab, Springfield IL USA > Where do Forest Rangers go to get away from it all? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
