[Info-vax] Free Pascal for VMS ?

[Kerry Main]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Info-vax <info-vax-bounces at rbnsn.com> On Behalf Of Jan-Erik
> Söderholm via Info-vax
> Sent: May 20, 2018 5:30 AM
> To: info-vax at rbnsn.com
> Cc: Jan-Erik Söderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
> Subject: Re: [Info-vax] Free Pascal for VMS ?
> 
> > On 5/19/2018 3:34 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> >> On 5/15/2018 11:38 AM, seasoned_geek wrote:
> >>> On Saturday, May 12, 2018 at 6:46:17 PM UTC-5, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> >>>> And z sales are not that big and there is no reason to expect major
> >>>> growth.
> >>
> >>> One Z-box moves in and 200,000+ x86 servers move out yet you
> count
> >>> both in eaches.
> >>
> >> IBM does not publish mainframe sales in dollars.
> >>
> >> But they do publish percentage change since last year.
> >>
> 
> 2015    +28.1
> 2016    -21.8
> 2017    +24.0
> 
> So a 24% growth over the last 3 years. Any company would
> say that is pretty good for this volume.
> 
> Now, what was it that Mark Twain said about statistics? :-)
> 

For those that think Mainframes and related support sales are not doing well, check this out: (wonder what bonus the Sales rep got for this one?)

Federal government signs $500M contract with IBM without seeking bids (May 13, 2018)
<http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/ibm-shared-services-contract-1.4658682>
"The massive deal with IBM, signed in November and extending until 2021, includes $289 million in optional additional spending, putting the potential total cost at almost $790 million."

"It tasks IBM with delivering 16 new mainframes, along with maintenance and support for existing hardware and software, to at least six federal departments. The $500-million deal consolidates four contracts that were to expire in 2017 and 2018."