No I don't know any mainframe shops that have converted and converted back. It was meant to be a joke. But future CEO's have to prove themselves and be seen as doing something, and pendulums tend to swing, so who knows? It would be pretty funny if we were all around to see that happen. :-)
Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html > Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2014 14:48:41 -0400 > From: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Another one gone.... > To: [email protected] > > Dave, > > Can you name one US customer that shut down the mainframe (z/OS) and > completed a conversion or rehosting.. that has converted back to the > mainframe in the last 5 years. > > Linux and z/VM are excluded.. z/OS only please. > > Rob Schramm > > Rob Schramm > Senior Systems Consultant > Imperium Group > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 12:06 PM, Itschak Mugzach <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > not sure. I see here customers that converted many of their mainframe > > application to package applications like CRM, ERP, etc. Employers are > > crying and work harder, but management is happy. This is what they count, > > isn't it? > > > > ITschak > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Dave Salt <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > From: [email protected] > > > > I work for a company that is in > > > the business of taking historical data from hospitals and re-hosting the > > > data on servers. We have re-hosted several hospitals in the four years > > > I have been with this company. Fortunately for me, the company has a > > > baby z10 for purposes of converting the data for the server based > > > systems. When we run out of hospitals converting from mainframe based > > > systems, I'll be out of job. > > > > > > Not really. By the time you get that far the first ones you converted > > will > > > have started converting back. > > > > > > Dave Salt > > > > > > SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! > > > > > > http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
