Amen. I posted this last month on linked in encouraging us curmudgeons to expand our world and deliver better value to our businesses.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mhogstrom_mainframe-ibm-zos-activity-7254888974882615296-AqDG?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop Matt Hogstrom PGP key 0F143BC1 > On Jan 31, 2025, at 13:33, Reg Harbeck <[email protected]> wrote: > > Watching the latest exchange with interest. Since becoming a CICS Sysprog at > the beginning of my career in 1987, and especially since finishing my > Master's degree with a focus on the humanity of the mainframe in 2021, I've > been struck by how critical the mainframe culture is to the success of the > technology, and particularly the curmudgeons who keep it running, and yet > how critical the denizens of said culture tend to be. > > > > Mainframe: a technology that's been around so long that it's often operated > by a crank. > > > > I've followed the history of mainframe pricing, acquisitions (I used to work > for a company that I jokingly described as "an acquired taste"), and efforts > to stabilize products that refused to die. > > > > And while I agree that there has always been plenty to complain about, I > think that our propensity to make dark of everything new is actually a > limiting behavior. What other platform experiences such constant resistance > to any novelty, especially if it didn't originate with Big Blue? And yet, > what other platform could stand in the light of the scrutiny we relentlessly > apply to our home platform? > > > > I think that the mainframe is an unlimited greenfield opportunity, but I > also recognize that new entrants into the field have great trouble > surviving, mainly because no one wants to welcome newcomers. > > > > /rant > > > > Reg Harbeck, MA > > +1.403.605.7986 > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
