Thats why I work for a small development company, Hey Steve and John, Thats why I work for a small development company, ppl r great. I can write just about anything I like and we sell usefull products... You got to love American free exnterprise...I did corp american for 20+ yrs, enough is enough...especially with managers who are control freaks...who know nothing.. Rock on
Regards, Scott www.identityforge.com ________________________________ From: Steve Comstock <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 11:01:35 AM Subject: Re: ISPF Counter McKown, John wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of Steve Comstock >> Sent: Friday, August 21, 2009 9:37 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: ISPF Counter >> > > <snip> > >> Hey, John, here's an opportunity for you: write your own - >> ISPF in a browser. >> >> Serve pages using one of the free HTTP servers, the pages >> can be standard HTML; use JavaScript in your pages and AJAX >> style techniques in the pages; CSS - style sheets let each >> user really have unique look; browser built-ins or plug-ins >> or your own widgets can provide GUI stuff in the front end; >> >> On the back end use CGIs or GWAPI plug-ins to issue TSO >> or MVS commands and trap the results and format the data >> into HTML. >> >> All the pieces are free, so your only expense is time. >> Then you can sell the result for a modest fee (lots less >> than RD/z) and retire from your company job. >> >> You've got the skills, you can do it. >> >> -- >> Kind regards, >> >> -Steve Comstock > > Thank you for the kind remarks. I __might__ have the skill. What I don't have > is permission. And we do sub-capacity licensing. Which means that management > watches what runs on the system like a hawk. Also, if I develop it on company > time and hardware, then the software belongs to the company, not me. > All true. So start your own company, become a Partnerworld member, set up on Dallas like we have, and develop in your copious spare time from the comfort of your home :-) . Just a year or two away from riches. So they tell me. -- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-393-8716 http://www.trainersfriend.com z/OS Application development made easier * Our classes include + How things work + Programming examples with realistic applications + Starter / skeleton code + Complete working programs + Useful utilities and subroutines + Tips and techniques ==> Ask about being added to our opt-in list: <== ==> * Early announcement of new courses <== ==> * Early announcement of new techincal papers <== ==> * Early announcement of new promotions <== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
