Bob Jones wrote:
>>While I can understand where you are coming from when you say many people
>>feel that mainframes are "dated", that doesn't drive the rdbms business.
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> I do feel sorry if this is how my message was interpretated.
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>>Perception of value and of the most suitable platform to run a database on
>>is what drives customer investment. Many customers to this day still feel
>>that the mainframe is the best place for apps that require the ultimate in
>>security, availability, reliability, and performance. That is the reason
>>that we still see growth on mainframe platforms.
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> I agree it is just perceptions. Mainframe being the only place to get RAS is
> one of them. Funny you talked about performance. The cost/performance
> picture is not exactly pretty on mainframe, when compared to x86 or RISC
> platforms. Yes, there is growth in mainframe. In fact, there is growth in
> virtually all platforms. The unit sales per year for mainframe is measured
> in thousands, while other major server platforms are measured in millions.
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Bob,
Again you are very vague here.
cost/performance of what?
I have seen figures that mips , all included (labor, number of users
supported) are cheaper on a MF than on a PC.
Seriously, are your going to tell a large bank or insurance company,
that they should swap a mainframe for let's say 10.000 PC's?
OK, I agree it would be very good for companies selling IT services and
PC software.
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Anton Versteeg
IBM Netherlands
Received on Thu Aug 11 2005 - 03:07:06 CDT
