Back in 1999 there was a satellite learning service that IBM had. Not sure if it is still in existence. Required a 4 foot dish and you had a yearly subscription. For that year, all courses were available to you. Yes, you could tape the course material for viewing later.
When I looked at it, it was basically MVS and AS/400 only. I always wondered if someone could kick start it to also contain VM, VSE and now Linux/390. It would go a long way to solve training issues for those of us whose cities are bypassed. Not that I don't mind traveling <G>. Perhaps with the avent of high speed internet service (DSL and cable modem), and large disk storage devices, perhaps this can be changed to an Internet based service. If colleges and universities can have telecommutting courses, I would think something can be done in our field. Tom Duerbusch THD Consulting
