I believe that IBM is looking for other companies to work with their Academic Initiatives program. They need companies willing to accept interns and possibly offer full time jobs to the students involved in the colleges that are offering mainframe training. Also they are looking for people willing to broach the subject of mainframe education with their local educational institutions. This is an international program, I met with professors from all over the US and from the Czech Republic who were learning how to teach the mainframe. This has been discussed (may times) before and should not be new news to anyone on this list.
Jon L. Veilleux [EMAIL PROTECTED] (860) 636-2683 -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Shannon Sent: Friday, July 28, 2006 9:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: IBM Redbook: "Introduction to the New Mainframe: z/OS Basics" > I do know that we now have a mainframe customer list which is 10% the size > it was 10-15 years ago. This is not a discussion about the future of the mainframe, whether the mainframe is a viable platform, or whether there are more windoze licenses than z/OS licenses. It started with this quote "There's a great deal of attention now paid to helping new mainframe". IMO, anyone who disputes this hasn't been paying attention. Just for the record, we just hired a 23 year old sysprog right out of college who doesn't know anything about a mainframe - yet. Bob Shannon Rocket Software ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------- This e-mail may contain confidential or privileged information. If you think you have received this e-mail in error, please advise the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this e-mail immediately. Thank you. Aetna ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
