On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Richard Erlacher wrote:
> Keep the timeframe in mind ... in the '80's I think the generalization
> I made holds up pretty well. As hardware became denser, things
> changed.
>
> Nowadays, those old big-iron machines are all either toys or scrap,
> after all.
Bear in mind that mainframes stay in production for 20+ years. And 20+
year old mainframes go into production with a secondary customer
regularly. IBM is selling as much big iron as they can produce. They are
selling more big iron now, then they ever did in their heyday.
Peace... Sridhar
--
"How do you fight such a savage?"
"With heart, faith, and steel. There can be only one."
-MacLeod and Ramirez, "Highlander"
Received on Wed Apr 24 2002 - 23:07:14 BST