Something hit me today after I called the IBM Support Center today. If I remember correctly, the first question is: is this a Lenova product or something else. Then they give a whole bunch of options, none of which is their bread and butter product - z/OS. Finally, you reply all other requests, or some such thing.
Why does IBM have their first question for Lenova, when they don't even own the PC line anymore. I'm not quite sure what IBM's relationship is with Lenova. I gather they still market their products. Also, why not a choice on the 1st or 2nd menu for z/OS software, from what I understand still one of IBM's biggest moneymakers. This just struck me as odd considering the recent thread about Oracle and SAP software being stabilized for the mainframe, and not having any new releases of them. What is happening? When two major software players indicate they are getting out of the mainframe, this can't be good for our livelyhoods. In the last 2 and 1/2 years when I've been unemployed about half the time, I often thought about looking for some other type of employment. Then, I think of having only half or less the income I can make as a sysprog, so I keep looking for sysprog jobs. Fortuneatly, my current job is very interesting, and there is a good chance I'll get hired permanently. Then I won't have to worry about the employment thing anymore. Also, if IBM is giving up on the mainframe, I'm close enough to retirement that it won't matter. I'm sure it will carry on for 5 to 10 years or more even if IBM gives up on it. I really don't think IBM is giving up on the mainframe, but I wonder. I've gone on too long already. Eric -- Eric Bielefeld Systems Programmer Washington University St Louis, Missouri 314-935-3418 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
