Well, it's obvious from the article that all mainframes are 50 years old, and their COBOL programs are over 40 years old, that they haven't been touched since then - so anybody who worked on them has to be in their 70s and retired, and bored so just looking for something to do to take up some of their free time so it stands to reason that they wouldn't want to actually get paid to update this ancient stuff and ruin their retirement income! <sarc off>
Rex -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of scott Ford Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 12:08 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [External] Re: FW: COBOL NJ Why am I not surprised On Thu, Apr 9, 2020 at 12:59 PM Steve Beaver <[email protected]> wrote: > No Pay = They really don't want competent help > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of scott Ford > Sent: Thursday, April 9, 2020 11:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: FW: COBOL NJ > > So do I assume volunteers mean no pay ????? > > On Wed, Apr 8, 2020 at 11:48 PM Jack J. Woehr <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On 4/8/20 7:58 PM, Bob Bridges wrote: > > > (Regarding that tagline:) YES!! "Science" is only superficially > > > an > > activity, and even more superficially a job; much more important > > it's a philosophy, a way of approaching the discovery of knowledge. > > By that definition some scientists aren't, and some non-scientists are. > > > > > > And it's salutary to remember that it was uttered by the man dubbed > > "BHA" by the engineers at Apple Computer :) > > > > > > -- > > Jack J. Woehr # Science is more than a body of knowledge. It's a way > of > > www.well.com/~jax # thinking, a way of skeptically interrogating the > > universe www.softwoehr.com # with a fine understanding of human > > fallibility. - Carl Sagan > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > > send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO > > IBM-MAIN > > > > > -- > > > > *IDMWORKS * > > Scott Ford > > z/OS Dev. > > > > > “By elevating a friend or Collegue you elevate yourself, by demeaning > a friend or collegue you demean yourself” > > > > www.idmworks.com > > [email protected] > > Blog: www.idmworks.com/blog > > > > > > *The information contained in this email message and any attachment > may be privileged, confidential, proprietary or otherwise protected > from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended > recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, > distribution, copying or use of this message and any attachment is > strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, > please notify us immediately by replying to the message and > permanently delete it from your computer and destroy any printout > thereof.* > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- *IDMWORKS * Scott Ford z/OS Dev. “By elevating a friend or Collegue you elevate yourself, by demeaning a friend or collegue you demean yourself” www.idmworks.com [email protected] Blog: www.idmworks.com/blog *The information contained in this email message and any attachment may be privileged, confidential, proprietary or otherwise protected from disclosure. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution, copying or use of this message and any attachment is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by replying to the message and permanently delete it from your computer and destroy any printout thereof.* ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
