> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mark Post > Sent: Saturday, November 17, 2007 6:23 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Newspaper: IBM Invests $5M in Illinois State Univ. >
<snip> > > UMR saw a fair number of companies hiring graduates for > similar reasons. I would like to think, though, that someone > getting exposed to z/OS, z/VM, and Linux, all on the > mainframe, as well as Linux on Intel/AMD, Solaris, etc., and > the business reasons why one would use each one, would be > much better acculturated to the idea of "best tool for the > job." One of the biggest faults I see with most IT people is > "my favorite platform is the best choice for _any_ use." If > we could eliminate that attitude, the whole industry would be > much better served. > > > Mark Post Here! Here! The company I work for had people who were basically "Windows everywhere!" and you couldn't talk to them about any other platform. We were looking a some sort of "thin client" desktop replacement. When I asked about it, the person doing the evaluation literally said: "I don't like it. It's not Microsoft." Those people are now gone. There are things that z/OS cannot be beat at. There are things that Linux is good at. I'd rather, in general, have a "web infrastructure" based on Linux than z/OS in most cases. Of course, I must admit that I despise Windows. It is a decent desktop environment, if it is secured from viruses. But I like my Linux system desktop here at work (if I could just get it integrated into the MS AD environment) better. -- John McKown Senior Systems Programmer HealthMarkets Keeping the Promise of Affordable Coverage Administrative Services Group Information Technology The information contained in this e-mail message may be privileged and/or confidential. It is for intended addressee(s) only. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, reproduction, distribution or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited and could, in certain circumstances, be a criminal offense. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by reply and delete this message without copying or disclosing it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
