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To: Bald Eagle who wrote (7375)1/28/1998 12:52:00 PM
From: Robert  Respond to of 64865
 
This company you work for, did not happen to have no investments in any international utilities two years ago by any chance? It didn't happen to originate in 1910 too and lately merge with anothe company founded in 1912? If so, I think I have a good idea of whom you work for because I have been following them for some time (the information I got from their web page BTW.)



To: Bald Eagle who wrote (7375)1/28/1998 6:43:00 PM
From: Thomas Haegin  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 64865
 
Wiseowl, I fully understand that you better not tell us your co. name. I have a guess, of course, but I do not want to insist. There is nothing gained in it.

Seems like your replies make me always curious to know a little more <g>: Can you see the possibility that the high-performance Unix server(s) (Starfire) will one day replace the mainframes you have installed? Or do you see the continued need for the IBM mainframes for some particular apps your business must run? I'm rather asking from the number-crunching-capability point of view, not the actual likelyhood of abolishing the mainframes, as other issues may play there like project costs in time and $$$, re-programming of the software, testing, etc.

Slightly Off-topic: Mainframe performance

Thread, is the high-end in performance with the mainframes still increasing strongly? Or have they reached a performance plateau where only relatively modest further advances are achieved? I get the (uneducated) impression that performance by Unix machines can still make big strides whereas in mainframes the technology is not as rapidly progressing anymore. Guess I may be burned for this one then, if not yet for my previous confessions <g>.

Thomas



To: Bald Eagle who wrote (7375)1/28/1998 9:08:00 PM
From: Beachbumm  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 64865
 
Wiseowl, I hate to blow your cover, but come on!! You've already informed us that you live in suburban New Orleans and that you work for a large electric utility. Duh! That gives us Entergy or Southern Company (since southwest Mississippi is sort of suburban N.O.). Most likely Entergy since Southern is really in Atlanta. Gosh, do we really seem that clueless?

Beachbumm (New Orleans native now exiled in Florida)


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