Sam, Sam I see this almost everyday as a ISV. A lot of misunderstands, misinformation, you name it. I ave always lived if you don't know the answer just ask, i would be the first to help if I can. Culturally, there are always issues, been there too..living aboard
Scott ford www.identityforge.com On Jul 10, 2012, at 8:29 AM, "Knutson, Sam" <sknut...@geico.com> wrote: > 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:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Dale Miller > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2012 12:23 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > 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 lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
