[Default] On 13 Apr 2020 11:32:51 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
[email protected] (Pommier, Rex) wrote:

>What's the definition of "volunteer"?  The articles I've read say they're 
>looking for volunteers, although I can't believe they're looking for somebody 
>to work for free!

I'm considering actually putting a truncated resume online in Linked
In and offering to do things such as review compile options.  Given
that I am required to stay home due to Covid-19 and I wouldn't want
any confidential information on my computer, the sort of help is that
which I would provide a fellow SHARE member.  For billing concerns
thee only pay project I would consider is in Canada. 

Clark Morris
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
>Dan at Poodles
>Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 1:24 PM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [External] Re: New Jersey Pleas for COBOL Coders for Mainframes Amid 
>Coronavirus Pandemic
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>Nobody asked the real question: "What are they paying?".
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] On 
>Behalf Of Pommier, Rex
>Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 11:22 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: Re: [External] Re: New Jersey Pleas for COBOL Coders for Mainframes 
>Amid Coronavirus Pandemic
>
>Yup, this whole thing is akin to somebody complaining that Windows Server
>2019 is ancient as well.  I'm sure if you dig a bit, you'll find code inside 
>it based on NT technology from the 1980s so why aren't people complaining 
>about that?  
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
>Seymour J Metz
>Sent: Monday, April 13, 2020 10:51 AM
>To: [email protected]
>Subject: [External] Re: New Jersey Pleas for COBOL Coders for Mainframes Amid 
>Coronavirus Pandemic
>
>Sigh! The system may be 40 years old but the computer in the picture is a lot 
>older. 
>
>I suspect that the "40 year old" system is like the ax that has been in use 
>for 200 years: the handle has been replaced 20 times and the blade has been 
>replaced 25 times, but it's still the same ax.
>
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