> for most mainframe personnel installing something by themselves > is a sure way to be fired from the job.
What happens if you ask for permission to install free downloads? ________________________________________ From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of René Jansen <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 22, 2022 5:52 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Some UNIX file usage questions Hi David, You did that to yourself; by going off into a discussion with Charles about his use of Rexx and assembler. Your company website says it best: "friendly for programmers who lack conventional mainframe language skills” (https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rocketsoftware.com%2Fplatforms%2Fibm-z%2Fpython-for-zos&data=05%7C01%7Csmetz3%40gmu.edu%7C3351d7d6a5cb4746af2308da5434f588%7C9e857255df574c47a0c00546460380cb%7C0%7C0%7C637914883696343467%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=8dA%2FHF2lH94rLYfUQX2AeGw2aDNbjB3Tto531%2BMngH8%3D&reserved=0). However interesting this modernising is, there is no standard python installation on our customers’ systems. There is an IBM port and a Rocket port, they are different and for most mainframe personnel installing something by themselves is a sure way to be fired from the job. There is an enormous installed base of older technology and it is not going away. All the disasters I witness, are caused by young boys and girls that have been let loose in an environment that they pretend to know, with tools that react slightly different. All of them are grateful when shown how it is done. Best regards, René. > On 21 Jun 2022, at 15:35, David Crayford <[email protected]> wrote: > > I don't want to get into another ping pong debate over REXX. Everyone knows > my opinion by now. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
