I was immediately struck by this statement: '[T]hey surveyed 500 IT decision makers...'
So who among the members of this forum would count him/herself as an 'IT decision maker'? I may get to toss in my two cents on hardware choices--how much memory on the Z box, say--but the crucial highest level decisions like future architecture are made entirely by folks with zero mainframe experience or--maybe even worse--a long ago stint as a console jockey. How about asking real techies in 500 IT organizations how much they fantasize about escaping the grip of Microsoft? . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-543-6132 Office ⇐=== NEW robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Schuffenhauer, Mark Sent: Monday, October 15, 2018 11:22 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):Re: Fwd: What! Mainframers hate mainframes?? "Okay what are the desired results? I will get you a survey to show that as long as no one looks past the headline." -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Smith, Nathan (ATLANTA, GA) Sent: Monday, October 15, 2018 12:16 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Fwd: What! Mainframers hate mainframes?? "Lies, damned lies, and statistics." Anthem, Inc. Nathan A. Smith, Database Administrator Sr., Anthem Database Services 600 Peachtree St. NE, Mail Drop GA1319-A154, Atlanta, GA 30308 O: (770) 519-6496 | M: (770) 519-6496 nathanael.sm...@anthem.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Seymour J Metz Sent: Monday, October 15, 2018 11:59 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Fwd: What! Mainframers hate mainframes?? 94% I doubt that you could get 94% to agree that the Sun rises in the East and sets in the West? When the ratio gets that large, I start suspecting that the numbers were made of the whole cloth. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu> on behalf of R.S. <r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl> Sent: Monday, October 15, 2018 9:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Subject: Re: Fwd: What! Mainframers hate mainframes?? LzLabs and Microsoft told us about mainframes. It's like wolf telling stories about sheep. Absolutely unbiased. BTW: I bet I can find in every mainframe shop at least one person who don't like mainframes. It's only matter of money and questions asked. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
