Re: Memory-Lane Monday: System Zzzzz | Computerworld Shark Tank

2020-04-22 Thread Phil Smith III
This happened to me many years ago. I got a call early (8am? Early for me at the time, I was like 22!) about a technical problem with something I'd written. We discussed it, I proposed a workaround, they tried it, it worked. Then my colleague asked, "When will you be in to fix it right?" Tha

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2020-04-20 Thread Pommier, Rex
o:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 9:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Memory-Lane Monday: System Z | Computerworld Shark Tank Boy, not me. I didn't mind being awakened in the middle of the night, and going in to the office to solve a pr

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2020-04-20 Thread Joe Monk
I can attest to answering late nigh support and not remembering the answer I gave, only to sit in the morning production meeting and silently breathe a sigh of relief when it turned out I gave the correct answer. Joe On Mon, Apr 20, 2020 at 11:47 AM Bob Bridges wrote: > Boy, not me. I didn't m

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2020-04-20 Thread Charles Mills
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Monday, April 20, 2020 9:47 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Memory-Lane Monday: System Z | Computerworld Shark Tank Boy, not me. I didn't mind being awakened in the middle of the night, and going in to the office to solve a probl

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2020-04-20 Thread Bob Bridges
Boy, not me. I didn't mind being awakened in the middle of the night, and going in to the office to solve a problem at two in the morning usually inspired me to put in an extra hour or two to work on something that I'd had trouble figuring out during the day. But the poor operator usually had

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2020-04-20 Thread ITschak Mugzach
Not a big story. I used to a have a sysprog in my team, that every time he got a phone call at night, his wife was answering: perform an ipl. and you know what? she had no ide bout mainframes and it always worked! ITschak ITschak Mugzach *|** IronSphere Platform* *|* *Information Security Continu

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2020-04-20 Thread Mark Regan
https://www.computerworld.com/article/3536588/memory-lane-monday-system-z.html or *https://tinyurl.com/ybgnlf7x* Regards, *Mark T. Regan, K8MTR* CTO1 USNR-Retired, 1969-1991 Nationwide Insurance, Retired, 1986-2017 --