> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Lindy Mayfield > Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 8:20 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Mainframe hacking? > > I say heavily customized but that's only a few of my > customers. Just about every mainframe shop I've seen, > especially those that have been around a while, have enough > customization, exits, etc. to be in trouble soon. And, > honestly, who will they call? Serious question. Who, > consulting companies, IBM consultants or partners? > > Lindy
My manager has already been addressing this. We have greatly reduced the number of exits. And we try to use products to do work instead of in-house. As an example, we use CA-OPS/MVS's ability to do IEFUTL functionality for our UTL work instead of a hand coded IEFUTL exit. We also use it to trap the SMF switch to issue the START SMFDUMP command instead of IEFU29. We have a JES2 exit 20; IKJEFF10 (in-house written by me); IKJEFF53 (IBM example); IEFACTRT (IBM example); ARCTVEXT (CA1 example); FTCHKCMD (example modified to make IBM's ftp server respond to some of RUNTCP's commands). But "who will do this?" - I'd be open to helping sometime. But only for enough pay to make it worth my while to mess with 1099 income reporting. I did the consultant thing some time ago and did not enjoy the paperwork with the IRS. But I don't want to be too successful! Don't want to reach the "magic" $250,000/yr income and be classified as "rich". -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets(r) 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-691-6183 cell john.mck...@healthmarkets.com * www.HealthMarkets.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA Life and Health Insurance Company.SM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
