Maybe you saw this article...
40 Years of VM Community—and Going Strong!
http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/mainframe/trends/z-vm/vm_community/
...and wondered when it would be the z/OS community's turn. That's now.
More than for most articles, I need suggestions and contributions from
the community. Though my first job was in POK's OS System Design
Department, I've spent most of my career in VM Land while being on the
z/OS community's periphery.
z/OS folk have an eight year head start on VMers, with predecessor first
versions announced 1964 and shipped 1965 -- so there should be plenty of
stories. Please keep 'em brief, to fit almost 50 years into a short
article.
Remember too, this is a "community" article -- so it's about people,
events, issues, etc. more than OS technology itself. And, please also
send replies to me directly so they're not buried in list digests.
Here's a list of topics not in any particular order... thoughts on these
as they pertain to the community? Other topics to include? Thanks...
z/OS heritage
SHARE, GUIDE, international user groups
Local user groups
Computer Measurement Group
NaSPA
Mascots
IBM-Main
Topical lists (DB2, assembler, etc.)
zNextGen
Marist College
Enterprise Computing Community Conference
IBM Academic Initiative
Certifications
International usage
Hardware/software/services vendors
People
Anecdotes, controversies, conflicts, triumphs, failures...
--
Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. [email protected]
3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 204-0433
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold Twitter: GabeG0
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