Ed, I wish I had the fortune to meet everyone here on the listserv via SHARE. I consulted for 20 yrs and the companies weren't sending anyone and my finances weren't the best. Over the years meet some good folks at the IBM Ed centers here and in Europe. Also agree that the CBT tapes have been a lifesaver all the way around. The Xephon pubs are also very useful and has personally helped me a lot, especially with the age of the Internet and so called experts in many arenas and whose code won't even work.
So you add my big Ty to Sam Golab and Sam Knutson and I am on my third cup of go juice Scott ford www.identityforge.com Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand. - Chinese Proverb On Dec 27, 2012, at 2:45 PM, Ed Finnell <[email protected]> wrote: > Went to first SHARE in '81. Met Arnie, Steve Smith, and Bruce Leland among > others. Took a long time to get PDS command in the door past the software > sentries. Anyway, moved back to UA in '86 with only partial SHARE support > and many years of proration. The CBT tape was a fiscal life saver. Along > with > VMSHARE and HESC we were able to provide a robust set of options and > solutions. As charter members of bitnet several lists were started in '86 > most > noticeably for ibm-main, pmail and Candle. At that time listserv ran under > VM and Darren got nominated. Candle's list didn't last long and was flicked > out > after a few years. Don't know if pMail survived the conversions or no. > Ibm-main has had intermittent support and participation. It has survived > conversions and budget cuts. As more developers and techies picked up and > got connected it has remained chatty but useful tool of the trade. > > Now what Maple syrup has to do with z/OS escapes me but I'm only on my > first cup of coffee.... > > > In a message dated 12/27/2012 1:18:46 A.M. Central Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I made the first cut in October 1990 (Version 322). So I have > had it for 22 years, so far. Sam Knutson started the web site in > October 1998. NaSPA was duplicating the tapes for us, until then. > That's where it's at, thank God. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
