Would you be interested in a slightly used, but very lucrative stake in a bridge in NYC? <grin/>
On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:04 AM, zMan <[email protected]> wrote: > No, no, Bill. You're mistaken. That never happens. People are much too > ethical for that. > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2014 at 11:41 AM, DASDBILL2 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >When the MVS RAS group originally tracked me down and called me up ... I > > thought they were going to ask me for help on correcting all the > > problems ... but the first thing they wanted to know was who my > > management chain was ... I then realized I was going to be in trouble > > ... they didn't actually want to know how to fix things ... they were > > interested in much more important things. > > > > One of the much more important things, as Lynn Wheeler has mentioned in > > earlier posts, to any given highly placed executive is the maximization > of > > his own compensation under whatever specific details are in his signed > > contract with his employer. Sometimes such people make decisions that > > maximize their own immediate compensation at the long-term minimization > of > > other less important things, such as the continued existence of > > the employer. > > > > Bill Fairchild > > Nolensville, TN > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Anne & Lynn Wheeler" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, March 24, 2014 10:23:43 AM > > Subject: Re: Difference between MVS and z / OS systems > > > > > > one of the side-effects was that some of the organizations started > > carefully managing information up the executive chain ... any reference > > to MVS MTBF of 15mins (even internal only) would have disturbed a > > carefully managed image. > > > > When the MVS RAS group originally tracked me down and called me up ... I > > thought they were going to ask me for help on correcting all the > > problems ... but the first thing they wanted to know was who my > > management chain was ... I then realized I was going to be in trouble > > ... they didn't actually want to know how to fix things ... they were > > interested in much more important things. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > > > > > -- > zMan -- "I've got a mainframe and I'm not afraid to use it" > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- There is nothing more pleasant than traveling and meeting new people! Genghis Khan Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
