John, There is nothing "efficient and cost effective" in eliminating brain trust material and people who are willing/able to dig in and use the tools available. I've seen firsthand (as I'm sure, many on this list) the short term "gain" and long term crippling of a company by doing just that - eliminating the experience in favor of button pushers that cost a few bucks an hour less, or expecting the experience to train their replacements in 2 weeks or a month. Stupidity from the top due to "management by airline magazine".
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Friday, June 28, 2019 9:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [External] controversy? Using _any_ tool or only _specific_ tools? This is just for discussion. I am seemingly one of few z/OS sysprogs (et al.) who view UNIX services as just another set of tools in the box, along with the "legacy" z/OS tools. E.g. I am just as willing to use "awk" for something as REXX. But I've noticed that many, my manager included, who basically avoid any programming other than REXX, and then only "TSO" REXX. Even when I use UNIX for an "ad hoc" report for myself, my manager is "unhappy" with it and asks why I don't just use REXX. Why don't I? Well, for one thing, I like and use Extended Regular Expressions. Oh, wait, those are evil too. It's just mildly irritating to be shackled to "how I do it". It's the same attitude that the CIO has -- he doesn't understand z/OS, doesn't want to learn z/OS, and so z/OS must be eliminated for efficiency reasons. I am so glad that my time is short. I don't know how short, but I'm sure that the new company will RIF me in less than 2 years. Because it's efficient and cost effective. -- Money is the root of all evil. Evil is the root of all money. With that in mind, money is made by the government ... Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN The information contained in this message is confidential, protected from disclosure and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an employee or agent responsible for delivering this message to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, distribution, copying, or any action taken or action omitted in reliance on it, is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by replying to this message and destroy the material in its entirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format. Thank you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
