Re: A Mainframe that is not a mainframe

2015-12-09 Thread zMan
http://olivernorth.com/ On Wed, Dec 9, 2015 at 6:45 AM, Jon Butler wrote: > AhPROFS...where is Ollie North these days? > > -- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listser

Re: A Mainframe that is not a mainframe

2015-12-09 Thread Jon Butler
AhPROFS...where is Ollie North these days? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN

Re: A Mainframe that is not a mainframe

2015-12-08 Thread zMan
I assume the UI looks just like PROFS... On Mon, Dec 7, 2015 at 11:12 AM, Steve Thompson wrote: > Two things: > > When you read the article, notice that it talks about all the email > systems, and then says that [the] legacy technology... Equating legacy to > Mainframe. > > So, when they decide

Re: A Mainframe that is not a mainframe

2015-12-07 Thread Steve Thompson
Two things: When you read the article, notice that it talks about all the email systems, and then says that [the] legacy technology... Equating legacy to Mainframe. So, when they decide they need to Trademark their software, their problem will be that mainframe is already generic... That is,

Re: A Mainframe that is not a mainframe

2015-12-07 Thread Cannaerts, Jan
I guess everyone is running out of things to name their 2-year-lifecycle-fads after. Perhaps off topic, but somewhat related; https://pixelastic.github.io/pokemonorbigdata/. Is the term displayed a Pokemon, or a Big Data tool/technology/startup? I'm young enough to have watched Pokemon, and I'

Re: A Mainframe that is not a mainframe

2015-12-07 Thread Bob Shannon
Naming a product "Mainframe" when it has nothing to do with a mainframe is confusing and IMO incredibly stupid. Two thumbs down. Bob Shannon Rocket software Rocket Software, Inc. and subsidiaries ■ 77 Fourth Avenue, Waltham MA 02451 ■ +1 800.966.3270 ■ +1 781.57