In a message dated 7/24/2005 1:57:25 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: <In any case, these games ... I don't play games on any kind of computer. I am a computer professional, I work on z/OS products, I use a PC as a tool to help me do my work, and I gave up games 20+ years ago. I guess I am also a grumpy old man. <What I don't understand is how, on a mailing list where we are all <ostensibly OS experts, some can be so oblivious to the basic facts about a <platform we all use on a regular basis. I don't think of my PC or z/OS as a platform. It is a commodity that lets me connect my fingertips to mainframe-centric software. <There seems to be a level of <ignorance among many (but not all) mainframers with regard to PCs that only <serves to reinforce the stereotypes.
I am quite happy being stereotypically ignorant. I am also oblivious to all the fine nuances of the ball point pen, pencil, and eraser I sometimes use on the job. These are merely commodities to me, just like my PC. Bill Fairchild ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
