I could not agree more. But they don't ask me. Charles
-----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tom Brennan Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2016 11:09 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Installation Improvements (was Re: Links to IBM announcements for today appear to be broken) Charles Mills wrote: > And yes, you can say there would not be a labor crisis if mainframe > shops were willing to pay and train more, but we live in the world we > live in, not the world we would like to live in. Organized training is good, but it's just a drop in the bucket compared to someone getting their hands on their own system for as much time as they want. I think a key to mainframe growth (maybe its survival?) is for IBM to figure out a way to allow free home usage of z/OS, z/VM, CICS, etc. on Hercules, without affecting their paid-for market. That's how people learn Windows/Linux/Android/etc these days - everything they need is cheap or free. And who knows, if z/OS was available for home use, maybe some young whipersnapper would have already written the z/OS equivalent of Inno Setup or apt-get or yum. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
