[Info-vax] And another one bites the dust....

[JP DEMONA]

some mainframe COBOL is moving to java (translators) but the primary reason is not to be in Java - the reason is more $$ based. the new mainframes offer intel co processors which do NOT charge by the MIP. the standard IBM mainframe processor still is "pay as you go".

On Thursday, February 17, 2022 at 3:39:55 PM UTC-6, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 2/17/2022 3:10 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: 
> > On 2/17/2022 2:39 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote: 
> >> On 2/17/22 14:17, Arne Vajhøj wrote: 
> >>> On 2/17/2022 1:59 PM, Dave Froble wrote: 
> >>>> I'd like to know just who and what the "industry" Arne refers to is? It's 
> >>>> always easy to use some nebulous term. But just what is it? Perhaps it is a 
> >>>> "transfer", as in "transfer your money to us"? 
> >>> 
> >>> It is all those companies using IT. And the decisions they make. 
> >> 
> >> You mean all those people running zSystems with COBOL, DB2 and CICS 
> >> that actually make up the largest majority of the money makers in the 
> >> world? The ones who have been told for at least 4 decades that the 
> >> mainframe is dead. Oh yeah, and so is COBOL. 
> > 
> > The IT industry also include those. 
> > 
> > But in the big picture they are a tiny part of the IT industry. And 
> > not only a tiny part but also a shrinking part. 
> > 
> > Arne 
> >
> Arne, when you offer an opinion, please identify it as "opinion".
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