Some years back I was working for Programart in their Houston office. Mgr
of the group had the ok to expand the number of developers. He had the
bright idea to hire a recent college grad and we were all supposed to help
mentor and bring this newbie along. One of the candidates, a recent graduate
of Rice University with some kind of a degree in one of the computer
sciences responded to the question "what do you know about MVS?" with "is
that a Windows application?".
At about the same time Programart had a project going to try to come up with
a product for Windows similar to Strobe for the mainframe. They had paid
some $$$ to Microsoft (if I remember I believe it was about $45K) and
Microsoft was supposed to deliver the inner workings of Windows(or so the
Programart guy who paid the $45K thought). We were paid a visit in Houston
by a Microsoft developer from Washington. We took the guy out to lunch at a
local TexMex. During lunch the Microsoft coder informed us that MVS was a
dead platform, and that Windows was making huge strides replacing IBM for
strategic business back office applications. Eventually Windows would
totally replace MVS. This was around 1998, and I believe Windows 98 had
just been released. I cracked up, and my boss kind of scolded me for being
rude.
--Dave Day
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Subject: Re: Curiosity
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From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Daniel A. McLaughlin
Now that the dinosaurs (Zx90s) are roaming the earth again,
is there a resurgence in interest in learning the old ways?
Apparently not: Steve Comstock <http://www.trainersfriend.com> has all
but taken "forced retirement" due to lack of business.
-jc-
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