Hi, Don't worry John..the White House tried to slip a few Billion into the Budget last week , to save Health/IBM/IT sector..
It's ONLINE now and everybody can go and read it Only problem, they have to approve it and what I saw on C-SPAN, it was renamed as "Dead on Departure"... Never heard that before but it sounds original... "Dead on Departure".. Anton On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 16:11:35 -0600, McKown, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Scott Ford >> Sent: Monday, February 11, 2008 4:08 PM >> To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU >> Subject: Re: z/OS system programmer staffing >> >> >> John, >> >> I know several shops who outsourced and a few years later took their >> environment back because of poor service levels......Too many >> only see the >> bottom line... >> >> Regards, >> Scott >> IDF > >Been there too. The company that I am currently with had "outsourced" >all the IT (z/OS and Windows). They partially owned the outsourcer. The >"outsourcer" got all the personnel. About 2 years later, they >"repatriated" us. That was about 3 administrations ago. Current >administration is again considering outsourcing "some functionality" >that we don't have any expertise in. <sigh> > >-- >John McKown >Senior Systems Programmer >HealthMarkets >Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage >Administrative Services Group >Information Technology > >The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged >and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are >not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, >reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is >strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal >offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the >sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing >it. > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
