Re: IBM obsoleting mainframe hardware



On Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:30:36 -0400, Pinnacle wrote:

... Companies who used to get 10 years out of a mainframe can
do so no longer because IBM won't permit it.

Ten years? That's a long time. Ten years ago the G4 was announced.

How many people have actually ever kept a mainframe for ten years, even
with upgrades?

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Tom Marchant

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