This is much ado about nothing. Most places I work at have been
downloading the z/OS releases for years.
Good luck converting to Windoze. Guess your manager like freezes and
hacks.
Doug Fuerst
------ Original Message ------
From: "Edward Gould" <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: 26-Mar-18 4:35:46 PM
Subject: Re: Software Delivery on Tape to be Discontinued
On Mar 26, 2018, at 1:44 PM, Paul Gilmartin
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 13:33:23 -0500, Edward Gould wrote:
"IBM plans to discontinue delivery of z/OS platform products and
service on magnetic tape on July 1, 2018. ..."
Congratulations to IBM. This sounds the death nell for z/OS at this
install.
What will you do instead? Have you plans to convert to another
supplier?
How long will it take? Will you stumble along without support or
upgrades?
Have you found a contractor who will convert optical media or network
to
tape for you? Is that acceptable to your security people and to IBM
OCC?
-- gil
Gil:
Told my manager this AM, he called IBM. They said yes it will be
discontinued.
My manager called his VP. The VP started calling companies that will be
putting a bid in for conversion to Windows.
He has called 4 companies and they are coming in the next 3 weeks and
go over what is needed to convert everything off the MF to Windows.
The wiff of going poof is in the air.
Well its not like I am getting paid, I will be in full time retirement
and not being able to play in the sandbox anymore(:
Hope everybody is able to find jobs.
The only question now is timeframe.
I heard several people on the phone talking to their head hunters.
Ed
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