On Apr 5, 2017 19:28, "Paul Gilmartin" < [email protected]> wrote:
On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 15:31:20 -0500, John McKown wrote: > >So, it looks like my job is secure for at least another 18 months. We will >be repatriating work back from the outsource to both our internal >distributed environment and z/OS. It is just a "reprieve" not a "pardon". >But 1.5 years will get me to full retirement age (assuming some damn pickup >doesn't kill me on the road). > Yaaay! (Will there be any needed/overdue upgrades?) Not that i know of. this was just announced. This is another stay of execution, not an embracement of the z. we will likely increase MSU caps and renew licenses. But not really enhance, except as absolutely required. Stay is now projected at 18 months, then who knows. Management still doesn't like it because it isn't Wintel. COO & CIO may be in a bad spot right now. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
