> Back in 1999 there was a satellite learning service that IBM had. Not sure i > f 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 w > hose > 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 wou > ld > think something can be done in our field.
Such courses exist. I was looking at some courses the other day. I think it was somewhere in ZD. I didn't see any mainframe-related courses, but Linux gets a mention. -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. ============================== If you don't like being told you're wrong, be right!
