I cannot resist mentioning this since it is on-topic. The soap opera Young and Restless, which Is my favorite TV show, currently has a story line about hacking into the fictional companies' computer systems in order to discredit the companies involved and the baddies even managed to get into the mainframe. At least Newman Enterprises and Jabot still have mainframes which are mentioned from time to time (in a usually unflattering context). But someone needs to set these soap writers right.
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Shane Ginnane Sent: Friday, September 25, 2015 10:28 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: More "ageing mainframe" (bad) press. On Fri, 25 Sep 2015 08:00:37 -0600, Jack J. Woehr wrote: >Seems like actually only one of the apps actually going away, the rest being >Web front-ended, which is entirely appropriate. > >And as we all know, some of these conversions never succeed and they're >forced to drop back on maintaining the mainframe app. > >I'm more sanguine about this as I catch up on the architecture. The >last time I studied the physical mainframe, it was ES9000. > >The z13 is a truly amazing machine. The largest of the sites mentioned is z13 already - multi-CEC, multi-site. Running Model 204 (yep, just them and the CIA left in the whole world apparently) Ain't going to survive like that, flashy GUI front ends or no. They have a lot of smart people, and a lot of smart tech, but they are fighting a Government that has snorted the tea-leaves. They have survived a big outsourcing push a few years back, and sundry departmental amalgamations, but they are in a barbed wire canoe paddling against the current.. Shane ... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ________________________________ This e-mail, including any attachments, may be confidential, privileged or otherwise legally protected. It is intended only for the addressee. If you received this e-mail in error or from someone who was not authorized to send it to you, do not disseminate, copy or otherwise use this e-mail or its attachments. Please notify the sender immediately by replying to this e-mail and delete the e-mail from your system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
