Well, I was trying to refresh the mainframe by bringing in some open source and ported a whole library [PCRE for z/OS see zaconsultants.net ]. Here are the issues, beyond aging programmers: #1 no takers - almost nobody even tried to download it. #2 no volunteers - it is extremely hard to find somebody who would want to help in areas that I am not expert in (especially Rexx interface) #3 no legal platform to do open source - those who expressed interest balked on the need to publish it as open source, or worse, they explained that no such thing could be installed on their facilities.
Ze'ev Atlas ________________________________ From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2014 6:32 PM Subject: Another Article On Lagging Mainframe Skills I thought I would share this with everyone. Watch the URL wrap http://www.informationweek.com/infrastructure/networking/mainframe-brain-drain-raises-seri ous-concern/d/d-id/1127720
