We are keeping our Z14 but Z/OS is going away. It will only be used for Linuz in the near future.
On 3/9/20, 11:11 PM, "IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Seymour J Metz" <[email protected] on behalf of [email protected]> wrote: > EXTERNAL: Do not open attachments or click on links unless you recognize and > trust the sender. > >Typo for WFH. Work From Marid might be acceptable, but McD is a place that I >only enter under threat of lethal force. > >-- >Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mason.gmu.edu/*smetz3__;fg!!Oai6dtTQULp8Sw!FYAQVpNkZkzJswnzw0ebp5YubR6eMoMoL17DorvhEG2iPaLBvSxk1HPdpfgLbpPqrnsG$ > > >________________________________________ >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [[email protected]] on behalf of >zMan [[email protected]] >Sent: Monday, March 9, 2020 9:40 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Attitude of companies toward mainframers working from home? > >WFM? Work From McDonalds? > >On Sun, Mar 8, 2020 at 4:42 PM Seymour J Metz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I would prefer WFM with an option to occasionally come to the office, but >> that assumes that I have a permanent location in the office where I can red >> things. Back in the old days when I had to read dumps over the telephone >> the distraction of other conversations was an issue. It doesn't matter >> whether the other telephone calls were business or personal, either way >> they were a distraction and soured me on the idea of cubicle farms. But >> when you're collaborating it's nice to meet in person once in a while, even >> if the team has access to technologies like electronic whiteboards. >> >> >> -- >> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://mason.gmu.edu/*smetz3__;fg!!Oai6dtTQULp8Sw!FYAQVpNkZkzJswnzw0ebp5YubR6eMoMoL17DorvhEG2iPaLBvSxk1HPdpfgLbpPqrnsG$ >> >> >> >> ________________________________________ >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf >> of Bob Bridges <[email protected]> >> Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2020 3:58 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Attitude of companies toward mainframers working from home? >> >> I think WFH is one place where, especially, everyone's different. For a >> few years one of my employers had a bunch of us developers working in a >> cubicle environment where the walls were only waist-high. I've heard since >> then that many folks hate that sort of thing, but the most inconvenient >> part of it, for my money, was that I had less space on which to pin up >> reference pages and racks for various bits of equipment (pens, a forms >> ruler, highlighters etc, fashioned from repurposed paper clips). What most >> people complained about, the distraction, turned out not to bother me at >> all; there was a continual background of light chatter in which I could >> participate or not. I found it very pleasant. I'm not saying there's >> anything wrong with you if you don't; just "folks are different". >> >> (Some years ago _60 Minutes_ apparently did a segment on adults who >> probably had ADD when they were kids, before ADD was a thing. I missed it, >> but for months after that friends and family members exclaimed to me "Did >> you see that 60-Minutes episode? They had a picture of Bob Bridges on that >> show!". I gather people who had ADD before it became a fashionable >> diagnosis simply had to learn to focus without drugs. Whether for that or >> some other reason, noise just doesn't bother me.) >> >> So you'd think I'd hate working from home, but no. Sometimes I play loud >> music (and sometimes I set the work aside, pick up my recorder and wail >> along with the music), sometimes I put leftovers in the microwave, >> sometimes I take a call from one of my kids. But mostly I'm at my desk, >> plugging away until all hours of the night. I have to remind myself to get >> up and leave the house occasionally - which I read recently is a good idea >> for WFHers anyway. >> >> Maybe it's like the old principle of "dressing for work". One argument I >> used to hear in favor of wearing ties at work is that it's a sort of mental >> discipline: If you're dressed to relax, you won't be mentally prepared to >> work. The argument made sense to me, but once my employers started >> allowing jeans and T-shirts at work I found that (in my case at least) it >> didn't hold water. Again, I don't doubt that some sort of recognized work >> attire works better for some people, but I don't seem to be a clothes >> person. YMMV. >> >> Just fortunate, I guess. If I hated my job, I'll bet I'd be much more >> opinionated about which conditions help or hinder. >> >> --- >> Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 >> >> /* Democracy is where you can say what you think even if you don't think. >> */ >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On >> Behalf Of Farley, Peter x23353 >> Sent: Sunday, March 8, 2020 14:00 >> >> I disagree that it takes more "concentration and effort" to work at home >> than in one of those "bullpen" offices that so many companies now seem to >> favor, with little or no private or semi-private space for any employees. >> >> I have had WFH options as an ordinary applications programmer since the >> late 1980's at various employers, starting back when a 9600 baud dial-up >> connection was the gold standard. I would far rather be working at home >> than in a "bullpen", as I find those offices far too noisy and >> concentration-killing than any distractions at home could ever be. >> >> I always found that I got far more work done at home than at any office. >> YMMV I suppose, but that has been my experience. >> >> I guess I am also lucky that my current employer already had a large, >> distributed, and robust VPN infrastructure well suited to dispersing far >> more of the workforce to WFH than they did even before the coronavirus >> event. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf >> Of Steve Beaver >> Sent: Friday, March 6, 2020 10:03 PM >> >> Working from home takes a lot of concentration and effort. 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