I agree with what everyone has said about z/Journal. I've gotten it for years and have gotten the notice about Mainframe Executive. I just thought it was interesting and a little strange that there were articles in z/Journal about moving legacy applications from the z system to Windows.
Tom Kelman Commerce Bank of Kansas City (816) 760-7632 > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Eric Vaughan > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:44 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Has z/Journal gone to the dark side > > I agree with Tom's comments on many levels. Bob has done a world of good > for over 2 decades, at times providing the ONLY independent voice for > mainframe users, starting from 4300 Quarterly all the way to z/Journal. He > has done this often long before he had enough support to make it work, and > as Tom said, he has been nothing but a strong voice and advocate for the > mainframe community. > > He has also in fact has just started a brand new magazine called Mainframe > Executive. This magazine is the very first avenue (trade show, magazine > etc.) for information relevant to management levels at companies using > mainframe hardware. It's a completely different approach without the > technical content, to help mainframe executives cope in their world. You > may want to subscribe your management team! > > Regards, > > Eric Vaughan > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Tom Moulder > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:26 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Has z/Journal gone to the dark side > > Bob Thomas is a personal friend of mine. That may cause you to just tune > out immediately. I have always seen him as a friend to the mainframe. I > feel sad for anyone that would let one article in a magazine negate the > effect of years of other articles. > > z/Journal has helped the mainframe and will continue to do so as long as > there is a mainframe. > > Tom Moulder > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Eric Vaughan > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:29 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Has z/Journal gone to the dark side > > Here is a response to this post from Bob Thomas, the publisher of > z/Journal: > > "To some mainframe users we will be considered untrustworthy mainframe > bigots in IBM's pocket. While others will think we are selling out and in > Microsoft's pocket. Hard to win sometime! > > But, what we really want to be is an independent source of information for > users of IBM mainframe systems." > > Bob > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Steve Samson > Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:41 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Has z/Journal gone to the dark side > > Tom, > > I just got the same e-mail and thought the same thoughts. With friends > like these.... > > Kelman, Tom wrote: > > I just got an email titled “Legacy Modernization Spotlight”. When I > clicked on the links in it they took me to articles that look like they’re > in the online version of z/Journal but they’re sponsored by Microsoft and > talk about converting from the mainframe to Microsoft servers. Is > z/Journal dropping the z and becoming Widows Journal, or am I reading the > articles wrong? Here is a web link that ends up going to the same > articles. 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