I agree. And with z/OS, it's even worse than other. Windows is just a pile of shit that management understands why so many techies are needed to keep it running. We run z/OS with 3.5 (manager is a techie part of the time). We maintain much more of the company core business than Windows. But it's invisible because it "just works". So management looks at the z as a place to get rid of people because "they aren't needed".
I actually like UNIX. Well, I like Fedora 15 on my PCs. More than I like TSO. I also like CMS more than TSO. I like a sharp stick more than TSO <grin>. Of course, running "batch" reports is not as good as with z/OS. I don't know of much in UNIX which can really match even 50% of CA-7, CA-11, and CA-1. But I admit to ignorance of what is generally available in UNIX for this type of thing. On Tue, 2011-10-25 at 18:36 -0700, Dale Miller wrote: > OK, so we squabble, and disagree, but it is my belief that this > community has in its membership many of the giants who built a > technological marvel that underpins our society today, or at least > would do so if > management could be induced to extend its event-horizon beyond the > current fiscal year, and to start counting real costs. Most of us have > plied our trade in an environment where an unplanned outage or > functional failure were simply not to be allowed. Because we built > systems to perform well and reliably, we were invisible, except when > we made mistakes. I'm sure I'm not alone in experiencing the almost- > every-day complaint from a clerk in a store that 'the computer isn't > working right today'. > I believe that we should be getting the word out that computers don't > have to act this way, and that we know how to build systems that > behave properly. We certainly face an uphill battle against the mind-set > among management that leads them to set unreasonable requirements for > job descriptions and set the salary schedules far below current going > rates. It really gets my goat that they use these machinations to > spread the lies that they cannot get skilled IT personnel. See > http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970204422404576596630897409182-lMyQjAxMTAxMDIwNDEyNDQyWj.html?mod=wsj_share_email > > . > I retired when I could no longer put up with the asininity of company > politics, but if I wanted to continue in my chosen career, I would > certainly undertake to build my skills in database, communications, > and UNIX, however distasteful that might be. I could go on for hours > about the poor design features of UNIX and current email and internet > protocols, but if I needed a job, I would swallow my pride and start > hitting the books. > Of course, with the current political climate regarding Social > Security and Medicare, I might have to go back to work. Perhaps I > should have made larger private investments, but then maybe I would > have invested in Enron, AIG, Lehman Brothers, or Bernie Madoff. > > Dale Miller > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- John McKown Maranatha! <>< ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
