On Fri, 5 Dec 2008 23:17:30 -0600, John McKown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>From speaking with some i people on a forum similar to this one, the i is >a really good platform (unlike Wintel!) for a company our size. And one >which requires much less technical support. I guess that sometimes choice >is bad. The i doesn't have as much choice, so it is simplier to maintain. Having some experience in both z and i world, I find that to be indeed the case. >I hope that I'm wrong, but I've got a bad feeling that this may actually >work and be "good". Well, that will largely depend on the success of the conversion of the applications, will it not? >foolish as to get hooked on computers. National politics is the only way >to go (where else can you vote yourself a raise regardless of your >effectiveness?). Yes, I'm cynical and a bit depressed. You shouldn't be. Take that re-training opportunity and you will find that the i platform is not so bad after all. And rest assured that the skills of RAS, you learned in z, are what can make the difference. Cheers, Jantje. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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

