James, We have an MP3000 H50. In the 4 years we have had it, I don't think it has ever crashed for problems with hardware. We had 1 outage where a software package caused a crash, and a couple times the power went out, but never a hardware outage caused by the MP3000.
If you are looking for a job as a sysprog, try using a headhunter. You can also try dice.com, and the Naspa job site, although you may have to be a Naspa member to use it. There are jobs out there - just maybe not where you live. My job ends in April or May next year, so I'll be looking around the USA for a job at that time. Eric Bielefeld P&H Mining Equipment On Wed, 21 Sep 2005 06:36:41 -0500, Huckert, James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Today's mainframes can do so much more than just batch processing but it >seems people are biased towards mainframes. Companies could eliminate so >many pc servers and consolidate them on the mainframe but everyone I talked >to about it just looked at me like I was stupid or that it was a ridiculous >idea or both. I can understand not having everything on your mainframe >because if it crashes, well then a lot of stuff would be down. I worked at >one shop that had a MP3000, that thing crashed about every six to eight >months and IBM never could figure out why. IBM kept replacing parts that >they thought might have caused the crash but never really could tell us for >sure. My hunch was because the programming manager ipl'ed it by flipping the >power switch off. That was before we got down there to set him straight. IBM >did tells us that there was 5 or 6 other companies that had the same >problem. >Well sorry everyone for the long posting. Just had a few things had to get >off my chest. >Thanks >James H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
