In a recent note, Charles Mills said: > Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 08:33:11 -0800 > > 2. And then, why the heck can't DFSMS put out a message like "illegal > blocksize" rather than a message like > 8000000000AC0004042084000000000000000000FF010F0000004EA00000AC00 FAILING > PARAMETER LIST DATA = 8680000400AC000000AC000000000000. You guys wonder why > the mainframe has fallen from favor and has a reputation for requiring the > labor of guys with 40 years of experience to parse its entrails? Look no > further than this message. > Over time I have received a couple off-list messages from a reader chastising me for criticizing the platform we're familiar with and perhaps causing anxiety for those who have depended on it for their livelihoods for 40 years. I can't help reading between the lines that there is a fear that if z/OS were so easy to use that a PFCSK could do it, the PFCSKs would usurp our jobs.
But there is a countervailing, perhaps overriding, force. If our breed provides no successors, it is doomed to extinction. As you note, IT management procurement decisions take into account the availability of personnel who are not merely capable but willing. But you're at peril for receiving an off-list message for your heresy. -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
