[Info-vax] The new world that VMS will be living in

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Wed Dec 9 11:40:38 EST 2020


On 12/9/2020 10:22 AM, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 12/9/2020 8:07 AM, Simon Clubley wrote:
>> On 2020-12-07, Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>
>>> You don't think Deutsche Bank did a risk analysis??
>>>
>>
>> I'm sure that RBS did a risk analysis before moving its mainframe
>> day to day operations to India:
>>
>> https://www.theregister.com/2013/06/21/rbs_chernobyl_one_year_on/
> 
> I might suggest that it was a "greed" analysis ...

Businesses are run to generate profit.

So obviously profit maximizing (aka greed) plays
a big role in business decisions.

> What is the logic is moving IT to somewhere other than where one does 
> business?  Perhaps to some extent to deny employment to some of the 
> entity's customers, and neighbors, and such?
> 
> Doesn't make sense to me, and never will ...

Lower cost.

Skill availability.

Less regulation.

Arne





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