On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 11:19 PM, Edward Gould <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Jul 17, 2017, at 2:21 PM, Clark Morris <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > [Default] On 16 Jul 2017 21:36:43 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main > > [email protected] (Timothy Sipples) wrote: > > > >> IBM's press release is available here: > >> > >> https://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/52805.wss > >> > > > > Ater reading the release one strong message I got was that shops > > should get off JES3. It was lagging in implementation of new features > > back in the late 1980s and it costs more. JES2 is now supporting JES3 > > JECL. Is there any reason to stay on JES3 other than the pain of > > conversion? > > > > Clark Morris > > Clark: > > I can think of 2 JES3 shops. One went bankrupt the other is a large OIL > company. They left Chicago and I don’t know where they went. One of the > contributor’s here used to work for the OIL company. I met his cohort 30 > years ago, when I was forced into a meeting. All I remember was his name > was John. I believe they heavily modified JES3. I do not remember details > as it was really long time ago. *IF* I remember correctly almost any shop > that had JES3 modified it in some way. I am not talking EXITS. > > Ed > > I know of at least 4, one of which I currently work for. I don't directly support the product, but work with putting automation around it, so I don't know details or scope of how modified it is. My impression is that it's not heavily modified. I don't necessarily look forward to conversion, but if there is (eventually) no choice... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
