Bob, Yep, I have done for the State of NJ, State of NY and NYC. They are pretty similar, bureaucratic BS. Backward because some of the managment folks were backward or not listening to the techies. Seen a lot of this and Image you all have too.
Scott On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 12:22 PM Bob Bridges <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe, but I look at it a little differently. IBM has been aware for some > time that their customers are hurting for COBOL (and other MVS-related) > skills, and has been working on it. This sounds to me like an attempt to > publicize something they've been doing all along. If a few more people > become aware of it now in the light (so to speak) of COVID-19, that's all > to > the good, and if IBM can garner a little more credit for what they've been > doing all along, so much the better. > > --- > Bob Bridges, [email protected], cell 336 382-7313 > > /* As a father, I have a vested interest in seeing my children do well in > school. If they don't, they won't graduate, and will probably wind up > living in my house until they are thirty years old. This will interfere > with my plan to reach retirement age without killing another human being. > -W Bruce Cameron, _Study Habits_ (2001) */ > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of Phil Smith III > Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 11:28 > > A better article than most of them, I think: > > > https://slate.com/technology/2020/04/new-jersey-unemployment-cobol-coronavir > us.html > <https://slate.com/technology/2020/04/new-jersey-unemployment-cobol-coronavirus.html> > > Had to laugh at IBM saying "We're giving away COBOL training to help with > this!" - right, just what we need, newbie COBOL programmers fixing > mission-critical systems. Plus I can't imagine that this doesn't require > use > of tricky stuff like ISPF and JCL. A very weak attempt to jump on the > bandwagon, I'm afraid. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
