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- HP attacking the mainframe? Like a car vs. a truckNovember 12 2008
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Well, HP is at it again. They are making more generalities about IBM’s venerable mainframe to scare customers off that platform. Check their facts and sources, though and you’ll find that something’s rotten in
Palo Alto
. Their comparisons are just not realistic. In this note, I’ll be giving you some consolidation efforts that IBM has seen with its customers.Before we get into that, though, let’s do a quick comparison benchmark to establish a baseline. Let’s compare a four passenger Mini Cooper car
to a two passenger Freight liner truck cab
. Benchmark 1:
which is cheaper to commute to work in? Pretty obvious, but I’ll vote for the
car. Especially given gas price vs. - Siemens Getting Out of the Server BusinessNovember 9 2008
- CA zIIPs AlongNovember 9 2008
- Recession-Proof Mainframe JobsNovember 7 2008
- Late October, 2008, PotpourriOctober 24 2008
