On 5/11/2013 8:01 PM, Shane Ginnane wrote:
On Tue, 5 Nov 2013 11:33:12 +0000, DASDBILL2 wrote:

Every young person contemplating a mainframe career should spend a week reading 
IBM-Main.  Maybe they do and that’s another reason why the profession is dying.
That's a bit close to the bone.

Indeed! It's and old story isn't it? If youngster's don't have easy access to a platform they will not be interested in it. They can install Linux on a cheap PC and hack away to their hearts content. IBM really do need to wake up and start providing either emulation or cheap virtual machines to as many universities as they can reach.

Shane ...

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