Re: Article for z/Journal

2007-08-23 Thread Gabe Goldberg
In May, I said: I'm doing an article for Bob Thomas' z/Journal http://www.zjournal.com/ about next-generation mainframers, industry and educational outreach initiatives for students and young professionals, opportunities and obstacles for people exploring this career area, etc.

Re: Article for z/Journal

2007-05-07 Thread Rick Fochtman
snip-- Folks prohibited from participating in the list for legal or company policy would otherwise partake of an anonymous high quality survey. There's no guaranty of high quality, and no reason to expect unbiased sampling. You seem to be

Re: Article for z/Journal

2007-05-06 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/04/2007 at 11:58 PM, Ed Finnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Folks prohibited from participating in the list for legal or company policy would otherwise partake of an anonymous high quality survey. There's no guaranty of high quality, and no reason to expect unbiased

Re: Article for z/Journal

2007-05-04 Thread Maarten Slegtenhorst
Aan: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Onderwerp: Article for z/Journal I'm doing an article for Bob Thomas' z/Journal http://www.zjournal.com/ about next-generation mainframers, industry and educational outreach initiatives for students and young professionals, opportunities and obstacles for people

Re: Article for z/Journal

2007-05-04 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/03/2007 at 11:12 AM, Ed Finnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Instead of trolling for nuggets why don't you use zoomerang and do a professional survey? What is a professional survey and why do you believe that it is more appropriate than an on-topic query to fora where

Re: Article for z/Journal

2007-05-04 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 5/4/2007 7:54:30 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What is a professional survey and why do you believe that it is more appropriate than an on-topic query to fora where mainframers hang out? $$$'s vs drool of pedantic old poots

Re: Article for z/Journal

2007-05-04 Thread Dave Kopischke
I am a just starting to turn gray mainframer. I've still got about 20 years before retirement, so I'm thinking WalMart Greeter might enter my career path before it's all done. ==I'm interested in what you're seeing -- in industry, schools, user ==groups, etc. -- regarding new generations of

Re: Article for z/Journal

2007-05-04 Thread Steven Conway
Dave Kopischke said: ==Do user groups adequately educate new folks in this technology and culture? Yes, if you can get to the user groups and find one that's relevant. I hear SHARE is a great learning event, but expensive without subsidy. The only local user groups I'm aware of are for

Re: Article for z/Journal

2007-05-04 Thread Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 05/04/2007 at 10:03 AM, Ed Finnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: $$$'s vs drool of pedantic old poots You've explained that by professional you mean that you have to pay for it, regardless of the quality of the data. You haven't explained why he would want to. --

Re: Article for z/Journal

2007-05-04 Thread Dave Kopischke
On Fri, 4 May 2007 14:26:36 -0400, Steven Conway wrote: Dave, one thing you can check out is if there is a CMG chapter near you. See the US list at : http://www.cmg.org/groups/regions.html and the international list at:http://www.cmg.org/groups/intreg.html. Local CMG groups generally offer 1 to

Re: Article for z/Journal

2007-05-04 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 5/4/2007 4:28:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: for it, regardless of the quality of the data. You haven't explained why he would want to. Folks prohibited from participating in the list for legal or company policy would otherwise partake of

Article for z/Journal

2007-05-03 Thread Gabe Goldberg
I'm doing an article for Bob Thomas' z/Journal http://www.zjournal.com/ about next-generation mainframers, industry and educational outreach initiatives for students and young professionals, opportunities and obstacles for people exploring this career area, etc. www.ibm.com/university/systemz

Re: Article for z/Journal

2007-05-03 Thread Ed Finnell
In a message dated 5/3/2007 9:16:44 A.M. Central Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'll appreciate all comments/feedback -- and please reply directly to me as well as to the lists where you see this; since I get list digests it's a pain extracting nuggets from the daily mailings.

Article in Z/Journal about COBOL

2006-06-12 Thread Ed Gould
http://www.zjournal.com/index.cfm?section=articleaid=201 Thought the group might find this interesting. Ed -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: