"Thompson, Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message news:<45d79eacefba9b428e3d400e924d36b902820...@iwdubcormsg007.sci.local> ... > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Umamaheshwar Iyer > Sent: Wednesday, September 16, 2009 7:48 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: 33 Years In IT/Security/Audit > > I started mine on a WANG-VS which was user friendly. After the demise of > this wonderful machine, I got a chance working on the Mainframe, which > was quite tough when working from a user friendly system to a non-user > friendly system. Almost 25 Years now! > > Any idea if WANG is still lurking within the computing world? > <SNIPPAGE> > > Dr. Wang is no longer with us. And the company, WANG, was taken over by > another company and they basically dropped the hardware. Some years ago > I was bidding on migrating WANG/VS based entities to z/OS. I understand > that there are still a few holdouts in the Government arena. > > Regards, > Steve Thompson
We still have a couple of them running. Or should I keep this quiet? It feels like I went to IBM courses in the early 80's and the teacher asked us all what systems we had running. When I said we had 2 360/65's runnning, everybody turned their heads to see who was saying this. Kees. ********************************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
