Jill - You never lose that sense of dread. I've been working with Linux for 2 years and VM for 18 years. I still watch VM come up every time I IPL and read every line to make sure I haven't messed something up. VM, GCS and CMS together are, what?, maybe 10 million lines of code? Add TCPIP and all the Sterling/CA products and it goes to twice that, maybe. Linux might double it again? All of that and all the config files have to be exactly right or the phone calls start. A systems programmer's NUMBER ONE job is to keep his own phone from ringing.
Old adage from an old hand: You can tell the severity of the problem by the level of the manager calling you every 20 minutes to ask "Is it fixed yet?" "You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice." -Motto of the Darwin Society Gordon W. Wolfe, Ph.D. (425) 865-5940 VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > ---------- > From: Jill Grine > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 8:48 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Subject: Kernel panic: It's fixed, Linux is alive! > > Thanks Gordon, > > For the new kids, it's good to know that more experienced folks understand > that sense of dread! > > Jill > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wolfe, Gordon W [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, April 26, 2002 11:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Subject: Kernel panic: It's fixed, Linux is alive! > > > >I don't know 'bout anyone else, but after 2 1/2 years it still > gives >me goose > >bumps... :) > > After two years, it still fills me with trepidation: "What have I done > wrong this time?" > > "You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to > skydive twice." -Motto of the Darwin Society > Gordon W. Wolfe, Ph.D. (425) 865-5940 > VM Technical Services, The Boeing Company > > > > ---------- > > From: Rich Smrcina > > Reply To: Linux on 390 Port > > Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 4:53 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Subject: Kernel panic: It's fixed, Linux is alive! > > > > I don't know 'bout anyone else, but after 2 1/2 years it still gives me > > goose > > bumps... :) > > > > On Thursday 25 April 2002 09:46 am, you wrote: > > > Watching the console scroll by on your very first boot of your very > > first > > > 390/Llinux system is a very good feeling .. Wish I could bottle it > ;-) > > > > > > Jay > > > > -- > > Rich Smrcina > > Sytek Services, Inc. > > Milwaukee, WI > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Catch the WAVV! Stay for Requirements and the Free for All! > > Update your S/390 skills in 4 days for a very reasonable price. > > WAVV 2003 in Winston-Salem, NC. > > April 25-29, 2003 > > For details see http://www.wavv.org > > > > > >
