Steve Comstock wrote: >After 38 years of creating and delivering training courses for IBM mainframe >(OS/360 through z/OS) application programmers, The Trainer's Friend, Inc. is >going out of business.
You're not alone. When I started in 1980/1990, there were many training vendors and IBM's classes were FULL-FULL-FULL! Waiting list, prepaid to register, etc, you get the picture, just to get a seat for training. Competition was cut-throat fierce! Now these days, the training vendors only give training if ENOUGH students, at all and if any, applied. This seldom happens that a training session realize. I think there are only IBM and one (or three?) training vendors left in Johannesburg area. Oh, that one training vendor (remaining nameless) has embarked on training on other platforms and other IT topics just to survive. The list of available courses are dwindling, at least here in Sunny South Africa. Above is true for z/OS. I'm not sure about other platforms training. Ouch, Steve, I feel your pain. Good luck for you, your team and your family. Groete / Greetings Elardus Engelbrecht ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
