I didn't have an answer in mind for the question. If the only differences are obvious ones between countries, I'll profile the different uses of mainframes you mention, since sometimes non-US installations don't get much US visibility. But if there ARE country- or region-based variations (staffing, functions, features, products, services, availabilities, whatever) those are of interest too.
Mostly joking, but for example, are different system colors available in different places? More seriously, you mentioned languages -- so how much documentation is available in various languages, vs. people using English materials worldwide? Similarly, how fluent are operating systems, other IBM products, and ISV offerings in various languages? Are there language issues? Or is English mostly used, same as commonly for Air Traffic Control. Brian Westerman<[email protected]> said: I have installed and supported mainframes all over the world, all over Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, Middle East, South America, USA, and even in Iceland, Greenland and the South (and almost-north) Poles and I don't really understand the question I guess. The installation and support is almost identical. The users are obviously using them differently, but in general they are quite similar. Were you expecting something "odd" with non-US mainframe users or sites? Do they speak other languages, yes, does it matter to the mainframe, not really. What differences are you looking for? I mostly see similarities, and maybe I'm just looking beyond differences to see them, but I probably need more information on what you're looking for to be able to respond better. -- Gabriel Goldberg, Computers and Publishing, Inc. [email protected] 3401 Silver Maple Place, Falls Church, VA 22042 (703) 204-0433 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/gabegold Twitter: GabeG0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
