I believe that when he referenced "mounting" disk packs, he was
referring to 2314's and the 3336's for 3330's. And since I mounted tons
of them, I can definitively state that no REXX exec is going to mount
those packs. 3336's had to weigh 20 lbs. Each. When I would be called to
fix a propagating head crash, my arms would ache for days for a large
shop from dismounting, carry to the pack analyzer, mount it there, shove
the mirrors in, spin, dismount, remonut in the drive or set it aside and
do it all again. Ugh!
Doug Fuerst
Principal Consultant
BK Associates
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------ Original Message ------
From: "Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh"
<[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 26-Feb-16 11:21:54 AM
Subject: Re: Outsourcing Stories Good or Bad!
@Ed,
"Then have your employer pop for education because that is how *WE* did
it." Do you even understand how outsourcing companies stay alive. Nay,
thrive?
I agree, I haven't contributed much (anything?) to the community, but I
once did offer a REXX I wrote to which I heard nothing but crickets.
Maybe it was something only I needed and its implementation was way too
specific to my environment.
@Tom,
It's not me who's getting upset, it's folks who are cross at us
(instead of being so towards their employer). It's not like I don't
understand having your job taken away from you for no fault of yours.
Again, you are seriously mistaken if you think anything bad that's
happening to you is because of some technical individuals.
The problem is without a shadow of doubt with the big man who decided
to value money (he thinks) instead of your jobs.
Of course Indian or wherever-the-hell-else based companies are going to
jump at the opportunity of getting business. I don't think they'd mind
being shady if it leads to getting more money. Business 101.
Dude, I don't doubt for a second that senior folk working on the m/f
are top notch rockstars.
FYI, when I first got on the job, I had to "mount disk packs" and "z"
in front of a crazy count of datasets each night to successfully finish
that night's "batch".
I got out of it by writing a REXX that would do it for me, when my exp.
was basically 3 months.
I don't like the o-word myself; makes me sick lol. Why would I be
"passionately debating" with folks in my spare time when I could be
having a beer or ten, unless I want to understand "the situation"
better.
@John,
Guess what probably went on for the 5 hours? Repeated, repeated,
repeated request for updates from up above and/or "ITIL-fulfilment
teams". It may be as frequent as once in 2 minutes.
How can one expect any progress if one isn't allowed to work, and is
now responsible for answering the same questions again and again.
Sure, you meant to convey a diff. point with this, but I'm just butting
in.
- Vignesh
Mainframe Infrastructure
-----Original Message-----
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of Ed Gould
Sent: Friday, Feb 26, 2016 4:48 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Outsourcing Stories Good or Bad!
On Feb 25, 2016, at 2:51 PM, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote:
No one's forcing you to Ed. But I'm guessing you're helping around
here because you love what you do, not because you want to help "your
people" alone.
One can't learn a lot from equals, and one certainly can't learn a
lot
from those who are (for the lack of a more sensitive phrase) below
them.
Sure, if this community doesn't want to help, that means workload
mounts for IBM in the form of a trillion more service requests lol.
But those who are here to learn will find a way.
- Vignesh
Mainframe Infrastructure
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SNIP---------------------------
Then have your employer pop for education because that is how *WE* did
it.
I don't have an issue of answering questions but it is NOT a one way
street.
Go to SHARE (or your area equivalence). In years past I have paid for
my OWN trip to GUIDE/SHARE out of my own pocket.
Have you done the same. It occurs to me that you see IBM-MAIN as a one
way street, it isn't its a group and we all contribute not just ask
questions.
Ed
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