I happened to read IBM-Main when there was mention that, at the next SHARE, Sam Knutson would be doing his "Fully Wired Topics" presentation; and also that there would be sessions on the PDS and Review commands. So I will probably try to get to SHARE after all. . Then I received an official mailing from SHARE that outlined the special presentations at SHARE, including "SOA" and how to virtualize everything; and I had to mentally contrast the reasons that I go to SHARE and the reasons put forth by the official SHARE publications. . Over the years IBM puts forth various conceptual "themes" that they think are important trends and which, coincidentally, involve the purchase of additional hardware/software. I suspect for the average Systems Programmer, like myself, these are regarded as "fads" which come and go. On the other hand, if I go to SHARE then maybe I will learn a better way to do what I am currently doing. Maybe I will find a vendor who has a small affordable product that will fit into something my installation wants to do. Maybe I will find a useful free product. Maybe I will even find a way to REDUCE the money sent to IBM!
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