TCP/IP is old technology? What about the bits and bytes it relies on - why can't IBM replace those with negatively and positively charged photons? They'd be a lot faster! Gee, I hope I'm hinting at some secret announcement letter pending for the z/NT, which would naturally be followed by the z/XP, and then (skipping some more nightmares) eventually the z/7, right!? %-}~
But then.. light does go waaaay back to the very beginning. ;-) Mike Walter Hewitt Associates The opinions expressed herein are mine alone, not my employer's. And before we trod too far down this "old technology" path, thereby invoking the inestimable wrath of our intrepid moderator, I believe that David Boyes has already won the contest hands down with the post: ---<snip>--- Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2008 13:58:16 -0400 From: David Boyes <[email protected]> Subject: Re: programmer biographies (was a long time ago: Immediate instructions ) > Alan > Altmark <[email protected]> wrote: > -snip- > > I'm sure *someone* will speak up and say, "Well *I* worked on a > Babbage's > > first difference engine. Knew the man well. He was a geek's geek." > > Whoever speaks up, my hat's off to you. You win! > > It's more likely someone will have claimed to helped build Stonehenge, or > aligned the pyramids, or.... Well, this "light" thing worked out OK in the labs, so we kicked it upstairs to the Big Guy for product announcement. The customer tests with the "Let There Be Light" campaign seemed positive, so we told him to run with it... 8-) ---<snip>--- "Michael MacIsaac" <[email protected]> Sent by: "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> 09/30/2010 01:07 PM Please respond to "The IBM z/VM Operating System" <[email protected]> To [email protected] cc Subject Re: z/VM ISFC links > still stuck with 30 year old technology (CTC) Yeah, and we're still stuck with that 30 year old TCP/IP technology :)) "Mike MacIsaac" <[email protected]> (845) 433-7061 The information contained in this e-mail and any accompanying documents may contain information that is confidential or otherwise protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply e-mail and then delete this message, including any attachments. Any dissemination, distribution or other use of the contents of this message by anyone other than the intended recipient is strictly prohibited. All messages sent to and from this e-mail address may be monitored as permitted by applicable law and regulations to ensure compliance with our internal policies and to protect our business. E-mails are not secure and cannot be guaranteed to be error free as they can be intercepted, amended, lost or destroyed, or contain viruses. You are deemed to have accepted these risks if you communicate with us by e-mail.
