Frankly, I'd like to see IBM do this type of donation/assistance program at the 2-year community college level. Not to knock 4-year schools, but the type of student in a 2-year school is interested in getting a skill quickly, and employers like hiring entry-level folks that have had some experience.
Bias note - I got my training at Los Angeles Valley College, one of the L.A. Community College District campu...er, some proper Latin declined plural goes here. And, frankly, I'd love to get our local CC (Sierra) interested in the IBM world. Later, Ray -- M. Ray Mullins Roseville, CA, USA http://www.catherdersoftware.com/ http://www.mrmullins.big-bear-city.ca.us/ http://www.the-bus-stops-here.org/ German is essentially a form of assembly language consisting entirely of far calls heavily accented with throaty guttural sounds. ---ilvi French is essentially German with messed-up pronunciation and spelling. --Robert B Wilson English is essentially French converted to 7-bit ASCII. ---Christophe Pierret [for Alain LaBonté] > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Post > Sent: Friday, 16 November, 2007 08:26 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Newspaper: IBM Invests $5M in Illinois State Univ. > > >>> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 9:42 PM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Steve Comstock > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -snip- > > * "With the addition, ISU becomes the only public university in > > the state to offer its technology students both an undergraduate > > program in enterprise computing and hands-on access to such an > > IBM mainframe." > > > > Really? Has IBM abandonded NIU? > > Based on Michael Stack's note, that happened quite a while back. But, > even if it hadn't, does IBM have to give NIU the same thing it gives > anyone else? I would rather see them donate hardware and software to > as many different places as possible. UMR would be one such place, > since that's where I got my CSc degree. I'm positive there would be > many other good choices. > > > I didn't see it in this article, but someone already posted that > > it seems the software is Linux (probably with z/VM), not z/OS; > > is z/OS still IBM's "flagship operating system"? > > Oh, to be sure. Just the fact that 99% of the world (that knows about > such things) thinks "mainframe" == "z/OS" indicates that. I've worked > with z/OS, z/VM, and Linux concurrently. As such, I get to hear all > the complaining about that fact. So, to me, hearing people complaining > about "what, not z/OS?" is like complaining about ISU verus NIU. IBM > can't throw a bone (and a relatively small one at that: z890?) to its > poor neglected other children without being called stupid, or > dishonest? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
