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Let me tell you something. Customers just don't carelessly spend money
to the point where they are willing to waste it. Most of the time, they
do a very thorough ongoing analysis of the costs and feasibility of
different platforms for their applications ... it is not a simple matter
of perceptions. If the mainframe didn't have a compelling value
statement and compelling financial benefits, IBM wouldn't still be
selling so many of them and DB2 wouldn't still be growing on that platform.
Larry E.
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.
>>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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