The risk in a reengineering project that comprehensively replaces the mainframe is enough to discourage most people making that decision. It could be a $3M proj

The risk in a reengineering project that comprehensively replaces the mainframe is enough to discourage most people making that decision. It could be a $3M project that pays pack in 4 years after scrapping the mainframe and running out the maintenance contract, or it could go over budget and take forever to pay back. Your IBM rep has undoubtedly run the numbers.