On Fri, 5 Jun 2009 16:32:51 +1000, Shane <[email protected]> wrote:
>I always enjoys Arts posts - well worth the read. >But on this one, I'll have to demur. > >OMVS on initial launch was an unmitigated disaster. Plenty of us >(customers) tried it, way before IBM even thought of the "New Workload" >sales pitch. >It was a crock - pure and simple. > >It's usable now, but the horse has well and truly bolted. Should have >been zLinux from the start. Shane, you are the yang to my yin. I appreciate someone who can boil it down without losing the point. Sometimes I just overthink it. Guess I drank the kool-aid. IBM hired me in at the time they were jumping into the services business (another unmitigated disaster, IMHO, was getting rid of SE's and creating "billable resources", but that's another rant). They trained me for two things - Parallel Sysplex and OpenEdition. Both had significant challenges in the beginning, and both arguably still have limited application (LARGE shops?), but both have evolved. Based on (lack of) adoption of USS, I can't disagree with you - Elvis has left the building (but I hear he still makes the occasional appearance in Kalamazoo). Cheers, Art ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
