Well, if you throw enough money at IBM, they will support just about any release you like. It will cost you, but if you're that attached to your current machine, they will keep on supporting it as long as you keep paying them.
IBM owns multiple factories, chip foundries, and other large, expensive properties. It just costs more to produce physical goods than software. The days of getting 30% margin on a mainframe are over.
How long until MS is forced to reduce their margins to a similar level?
What might happen is that the local Notes client might go away, but there could be some web portal interfaces to the Notes calendar and address book. The domino servers stay around and keep doing their thing, but the user interface can be platform independent.
Doesn't Outlook have a similar capability when coupled with MS Exchange? I seem to recall that SuSE sells a similar product.
That's what happens when you have 300,000 employees worldwide, some (vastly) more technical than others.
Unless they're beaten over the head with a clue bat, many IBMers just keep on doing their jobs and ignore much of the internal application "churn". They've seen so many different virtual office environments (PROFS, OfficeVision, Lotus...) that they can be excused for being somewhat jaded.
Obviously you haven't seen the ads that IBM has released in the last few years. Ever since they hired Ogilvy and Mather as their ad agency, IBM's advertising has become much more creative and interesting. Their commercials are usually worth watching - even after you've seen them before.
I'll admit, however, that their older ads were nothing to write home about.
Ars is self-hosted, I believe. I think the founders pay the bandwidth bill out of their own pockets, with advertising and subscription revenue helping to offset those costs.
It's a public health issue due to some people being highly allergic to the stuff. My aunt will start hyperventilating if she eats any MSG. My wife breaks out in hives if she's exposed to any, and my boss at work gets a quick "high".
It's nasty stuff if you are one of the people who's body can't tollerate it. However, if it doesn't bother you, it's a cheap flavor enhancer.
Yes, mainframes do go down, but it's usually due to some edge case that testing didn't catch. A production system going down (an "outage") usually causes IBM field engineers to hop on the nearest plane to the customer site.
IBM Mainframes have the advantages of a very old and robust operating system, reliable and redundant hardware, and a thorough testing process before they are shipped out the door. This is what makes them more reliable.
Back and Forward navigation for tabbed browsing and bookmark groups has been improved. Users can now use the back button after loading a bookmark group to restore the previous tabs.
Closing a window with multiple tabs now prompts the user with a confirmation dialog (which can be disabled for future close operations.)
Finally! I'll never have to worry about closing all my tabs in Mozilla when I accidentally hit Ctrl+Q instead of Ctrl+W.
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Duly noted, and I've updated my signature to reflect that.
I don't know about you, but my McDonald's uniform was decidedly not rated to survive armageddon.
When the world ends, the only things left afterwards will be cockaroaches and the Mopar Slant-6.
Well, if you throw enough money at IBM, they will support just about any release you like. It will cost you, but if you're that attached to your current machine, they will keep on supporting it as long as you keep paying them.
You have to be a SuSE partner to get a copy of the ISO's. I've got access to them, but sharing is explicitly forbidden.
I remember hearing that something like 90% of the world's ATM transactions pass through an IBM mainframe at one point or another.
IBM still sells a lot of mainframes, it's just that the average slashdotter hasn't been exposed to one.
hash, pound, sharp, tic-tac-toe...
IBM owns multiple factories, chip foundries, and other large, expensive properties. It just costs more to produce physical goods than software. The days of getting 30% margin on a mainframe are over.
How long until MS is forced to reduce their margins to a similar level?
You sir, are absolutely right. I hope no epileptics ever entered that room :)
What might happen is that the local Notes client might go away, but there could be some web portal interfaces to the Notes calendar and address book. The domino servers stay around and keep doing their thing, but the user interface can be platform independent.
Doesn't Outlook have a similar capability when coupled with MS Exchange? I seem to recall that SuSE sells a similar product.
So *that's* why my vision's been getting worse lately...
That's what happens when you have 300,000 employees worldwide, some (vastly) more technical than others.
Unless they're beaten over the head with a clue bat, many IBMers just keep on doing their jobs and ignore much of the internal application "churn". They've seen so many different virtual office environments (PROFS, OfficeVision, Lotus...) that they can be excused for being somewhat jaded.
Obviously you haven't seen the ads that IBM has released in the last few years. Ever since they hired Ogilvy and Mather as their ad agency, IBM's advertising has become much more creative and interesting. Their commercials are usually worth watching - even after you've seen them before.
I'll admit, however, that their older ads were nothing to write home about.
I'm happy as long as it's easier to type than S.u.S.E.
Ars is self-hosted, I believe. I think the founders pay the bandwidth bill out of their own pockets, with advertising and subscription revenue helping to offset those costs.
It's a public health issue due to some people being highly allergic to the stuff. My aunt will start hyperventilating if she eats any MSG. My wife breaks out in hives if she's exposed to any, and my boss at work gets a quick "high".
It's nasty stuff if you are one of the people who's body can't tollerate it. However, if it doesn't bother you, it's a cheap flavor enhancer.
Okay...try again, but this time in English please?
This is why I'm glad that I have an office with a door that I can lock.
I don't even have a cell phone, let alone a 3G model :)
Yes, mainframes do go down, but it's usually due to some edge case that testing didn't catch. A production system going down (an "outage") usually causes IBM field engineers to hop on the nearest plane to the customer site.
IBM Mainframes have the advantages of a very old and robust operating system, reliable and redundant hardware, and a thorough testing process before they are shipped out the door. This is what makes them more reliable.
Finally! I'll never have to worry about closing all my tabs in Mozilla when I accidentally hit Ctrl+Q instead of Ctrl+W.
You mean "dyslexic", right?
I'm sure he means the subnet mask.
Since OS/2 is end-of-lifed, I wonder if they'll transition it to Linux in the future?
Don't forget about the $100,000 bill.
It was never in public circulation. The department of the Treasury used it internally for transferring funds.