On Thu, 30 Aug 2007 11:35:57 -0400, Gary Green wrote: >re.. c) So let me "ADD 2 and 2 for you".... that implies CSC is using >people that WILL support your mainframe or do your job but these people do >not know the difference between Virtual Storage and using the bathroom at an >Airport. > >... > >Kinda reminds me of a company I know that outsourced their application >programming areas to an overseas company; letting go of most of the staff >that had, on average, 20-25 years experience on every program idiosyncrasy >and application the company had. About two-three weeks after the contracts >were signed, the outsource company placed an ad looking for Cobol >programmers and was even willing to train non-programmers to program >computers, using Cobol, in a company-sponsored six-week course. Whoa!!! Before this "calculus of economics & outsourcers" gets too much steam built up, lets look at something more basic first. Not every poster on this list is a systems programmer -- many are applications programmers, some others are operators (or in operations; are there many old- style operators left after the "lights out" trend?). It would appear to me that the original poster, while posting from a CSC domain, might have been a non-sysprog and, as such, was looking for some pointers to how to learn about virtual storage concepts & facilities. Anyone wishing to find black helicopters, NAFTA, or other similar conspiracies are in the wrong listserve here. -- Tom Schmidt Madison, WI
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