> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 8:49 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Curious(?) way to ZIP a mainframe file. > > > McKown, John wrote: > [snip] > > > > I don't look for zAAP information on anything. "The > mainframe is going > > away" is the mantra and nothing that I have done in the > past can even > > get the attention of management. They simply don't seem to > want to be > > bothered with the System z in any manner. > > John, > > I was going through some of my old emails the other day > and I noticed you writing "the mainframe is dying is the > motto around here" on July 22, 2005. > > So it seems to be taking its own sweet time. Is this > the kind of situation Stephen Y Odo writes about? He's > in the 18th year of a five year plan to get rid of > the mainframe.
Too true. In fact, the mainframe stayed and management "went away" (was allowed to persue other interests or some such HR-speak). But the motto has stayed. > > Maybe someone in your management might be amenable to > recognizing that the reality is the mainframe is not > going away at UICI Insurance Center. The current management still says that it is going away (despite the fact that the workload is growing). They base this on the plan to replace the mainframe software with COTS software running on other platforms such as Linux (Windows is now considered to be "also ran" around here). They just haven't really found the COTS software that they need yet. > > > Kind regards, > > -Steve Comstock -- 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
