> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Finnell > Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2006 11:06 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: rexx or other macro processor on z/os? > > >
<snip> > Rubbish. Clerks(mult-lingual) used to debug ALC for students > as well as > mount tapes in a pinch. Most of the silver backs on this list > are not gonna make > it to the next decade or so. They can be found but are not > plentiful or cheap. > The rest are converting to *Nix or contemplating early > retirement. Who you > gonna call at o'dark thirty, Exit busters? If the oppertunity were given to me to go into the *NIX (especially z/Linux) arena, I would hop on it. But, here at least, the *NIX people are in the same group as the Windows people and are expected to "support" Windows. "I don't do Windows!" Businesses seem to be going, for good or ill, towards standardized "plug and play" IT. That's why they like Windows especially. "No user serviceable parts inside" makes it easier to replace one MSCE with another MSCE and there is little difference (ignoring the idiots who can pass a test without having any real knowledge - I've known some). We are going in that direction as well. The days of "customized" programming seem to be numbered for most businesses. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology This message (including any attachments) contains confidential information intended for a specific individual and purpose, and its content is protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you should delete this message and are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, or distribution of this transmission, or taking any action based on it, is strictly prohibited. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
