I think we will see a lot of people who don't have any more details than we do continue to spin this to support whatever they want to say about the mainframe like this.
http://blog.microfocus.com/avoiding-the-next-banking-crash/1577/feed -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dale Miller Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 12:23 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: 'Inexperienced RBS tech operative's blunder...' Apparently, the news articles have been misread as evidenced by the number of comments regarding an 'operator' doing maintenance. The word used (by British journalists) was 'operative' which according to my dictionary has a first definition (as a noun) as follows: "a worker, especially a skilled one ..." , which definition most system programmers qualify for, although it seems the person making the mistake might not have qualified as 'skilled'. I recall the time when a two friends of mine approached me asking me to install an IMS application development tool. One of them said "He probably hasn't the competence". Seeing the astonished look on my face, he quickly explained that he had employed the Continental English meaning of 'competence' which meant 'authority'. Dale Miller ==================== This email/fax message is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution of this email/fax is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please destroy all paper and electronic copies of the original message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
