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

[Dan Cross]

In article <sumv2s$fav$1 at dont-email.me>,
Dave Froble  <davef at tsoft-inc.com> wrote:
>On 2/17/2022 5:17 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> That mainframe is a tiny portion of IT today is not an
>> opinion - it is a fact. You can start by looking at
>> sales figures.
>
>That might depend upon what's being counted.
>
>Total amount of work being done.
>
>or
>
>Total CPUs/computers sold.

Honestly, this is where mainframe people go off the rails.

The work done on mainframes is _important_: I don't think anyone
seriously disputes that.

Given the important systems that are tied to mainframes, it
follows that mainframes are similarly _important_.

However, counted as a fraction of the total number of CPU cycles
or CPUs sold, mainframes are a vanishingly small part of the
overall market.

I honestly don't get why mainframe people get so bent about
this.  The outsized importance of the platform relative to its
share in the market righlty ought to be a source of pride, not
defensiveness.

	- Dan C.