An MIS manager attending an ACTS executive briefing asked, "How can I get upper management to listen to me? They act like I have been tainted with my 20 years of experience working with mainframes?
The mainframe is still the most cost-effective computer platform for organizations above a certain size, and will remain so for the foreseeable future. Downsizing, even partial downsizing, is in fact an expensive and potentially disastrous move for most mainframe users. This
"Straight Talk" series of reports addresses the unwarranted claims made against the mainframe and challenges those who either promote reckless downsizing or insist unequivocally that a move toward client-server and open systems is a move away from the mainframe. Each professional using mainframe technology should be wary of the myths and half-truths that tempt organizations to become fashion victims and advise his/her management accordingly.
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