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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Vernooy, C.P. - SPLXM
>
> "Chase, John" wrote...
> > [ snip ]
> > And if he is a "one-man shop" -- Now what?
> >
> > One does not learn to swim in shallow water.
>
> A one-man z/OS shop??? I don't believe that.
Suit yourself, but I've been one in the past (along with VM and VSE, all
on the same physical box), and another in this area was recently laid
off when his shop "got off the mainframe" (remember Eric from P & H
Mining?)
> What about
> holidays, weekend support, sick leave etc? I suppose z/OS
> systems run business critical applications.
z/OS (et al) is quite capable of running "lights out".
> Besides colleagues, there are also courses to learn the art.
Courses cost time and money, both of which are "scarce resources".
> Compare it to driving a truck, there is way to get permission
> to drive it without a drivers license, even if you are a
> one-man transport company.
Perhaps in your part of the world that is true, but here (USA), if one
confines oneself wholly to operating on private property one needs
neither license, nor vehicle registration, nor insurance, nor any other
encumbrance we've devised to try to protect ourselves from each other.
-jc-
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