True. Because toy computers don't need EPO. Such complex concepts for wee journalist minds...
On Sat, Sep 19, 2015 at 10:16 PM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < [email protected]> wrote: > In <[email protected]>, on 09/17/2015 > at 11:11 PM, Ed Gould <[email protected]> said: > > >http://www.computerworld.com/article/2984438/computer-hardware/but- > >dont-try-turning-that-off-and-back-on-again.html? > >phint=newt=computerworld_daily_shark&phint=idg_eid=0fcfb2f14826bbc9d194a > > d02238b4ff8#tk.CTWNLE_nlt_shark_2015-09-17 > > > >An article bashing the Mainframe (and its GIANT power off > >switch) > > The author doesn't understand the difference between "power off" and > "emergency power off". > > -- > Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT > ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html> > We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. > (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
