A bit late on this, was sunning and funning, am I allowed to do this unemployed? But really, I totally agree with these sentiments. While I didn't like working myself out of a job just before the outsourcing I figured I might as well "make it work", it kept me busy, and in the end I felt true to myself for not thumbing my nose at the process. Besides, it's a very small world out there and you just never know....... And yea, I did hear that we would be off the mainframe at some point but that was back in 02 and of course in 07 they just outsourced it, then sold the company. I believe that they will eventually end up with IGS from the current out sourcer.
Hal Merritt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I would argue that the better attitude is "make it work". You are going to be under the gun no matter which way you choose. If you are making an honest effort to 'make it so', then it is far more difficult to be a target if/when the blood starts flowing. My $0.02 (before taxes) -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Gerhard Adam Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2008 8:28 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Going unsupported - time to fold? > FWIW, I pretty much agree with you. I'm not terribly comfortable with > the "Let it fail" philosophy, though; I would feel obligated to try to > save the company/agency some pain if I could do it simply by pointing > out some potential red flags. > "Let it fail" is not a philosphy, but rather it is an attempt to let decision-makers be responsible for the decisions they make. In the scenario described there is apparently a management decision and a project manager that believe that the z/series processor can be migrated in the next 6 months. It would appear that the onus is on them to deliver. >From their perspective, there is no "pain" from which to save them. Any attempt to convince them otherwise will only reflect negatively on the "advice-giver". Besides ... what makes everyone so sure that they're wrong? Adam. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
