Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-05-01 Thread Chase, John
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Linda FWIW, I have always heard that is lucky to own black cats. They are expected to cross one'e enemies paths before they might otherwise come to your door. ;) Dogs have owners. Cats have staff. :-)

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-05-01 Thread Linda
Hi John, Yes! So true. :)) Linda Sent from my iPhone On May 1, 2014, at 5:04 AM, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote: -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Linda FWIW, I have always heard that is lucky to own black cats. They are expected to

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-30 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
Ron Hawkins wrote: Reminds me of a Hong Kong building I was living in. The floors went 11, 12, 12a, 14, 15... Weird. If you truly believe in God, you really don't need all those superstitions. Perhaps, it is only me, but for me, avoidance or relying in specific numbers are IMHO just a waste

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-30 Thread Steve Comstock
On 4/30/2014 12:50 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht wrote: Ron Hawkins wrote: Reminds me of a Hong Kong building I was living in. The floors went 11, 12, 12a, 14, 15... Weird. If you truly believe in God, you really don't need all those superstitions. If you think God is also a superstition, you

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-30 Thread John Gilmore
The members of the Einsatzgruppen at Babi Yar wore belt buckles inscribed with the legend 'Gott mit uns' in high relief. God can be and often is invoked by villains; the devil can quote scripture; etc., etc. Let's leave God out of our discussions here. His|Her invocation is ineffective: it

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-30 Thread Ron Hawkins
, 2014 11:51 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Beyond the EC12 Ron Hawkins wrote: Reminds me of a Hong Kong building I was living in. The floors went 11, 12, 12a, 14, 15... Weird. If you truly believe in God, you really don't need all those superstitions. Perhaps

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-30 Thread Linda
- Original Message - From: Elardus Engelbrecht elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 1:50:39 AM Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 Ron Hawkins wrote: Reminds me of a Hong Kong building I was living in. The floors went 11, 12, 12a, 14

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-29 Thread Ron Hawkins
Because 1.14 would not sit well with the Cantonese... -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Nims,Alva John (Al) Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 10:40 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Beyond the EC12

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-29 Thread Ron Hawkins
] On Behalf Of Barry Merrill Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 7:16 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Beyond the EC12 Since it's the weekend: in Ireland, license plates are assigned to a car and never change when ownership changes, and the license numbers have always been YY

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-27 Thread Timothy Sipples
John Kelly, Senior VP and Director, IBM Research, previewed IBM's technology plans for the mainframe in his presentation at the Mainframe 50 celebration in New York on April 8, 2014. You can watch an online video replay of that event here: http://www.ibm.com/mainframe50 For what it's worth,

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-27 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014f.html#49 Beyond the EC12 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014f.html#50 Beyond the EC12 for additional 4341 drift ... old post in (linkedin) IBM Historic Computing http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2011m.html#46 From The Annals of Release No Software Before Its Time

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-26 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2014-04-26 03:43, zMan pisze: I've heard rumors that the names are often not determined until shortly before release anyway, after some not-so-fun marketing meetings... Does it really matter? Would IBM sell any more piece of EC12 if they had chosen more sexy name? Was z196 a flop

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-26 Thread Martin Packer
://www.ibm.com/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: R.S. r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Date: 26/04/2014 14:51 Subject:Re: Beyond the EC12 Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu W dniu 2014-04-26 03

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-26 Thread Barry Merrill
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Nims,Alva John (Al) Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 12:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 If the superstition about 13 was considered, why did they come out with z/OS 1.13? :) Al Nims Systems Admin/Programmer 3 Information Technology University

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-26 Thread zMan
- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Nims,Alva John (Al) Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 12:40 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 If the superstition about 13 was considered, why did they come out with z/OS 1.13? :) Al Nims

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-26 Thread John Gilmore
zMan's question is a good one, but the reversion to just 14 for the year 2014 does add credence to the notion that superstition was the rationale for the one-off 2013 scheme. The distinction that needs to be remembered is that in Eire, Italy and a number of other European countries these plates

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-26 Thread Barry Merrill
of a newer car than the 131's of the first half. Barry -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of zMan Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2014 9:53 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 That's interesting .Why did

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-26 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
aledlhug...@aol.com (Aled Hughes) writes: Back in the early '80s, I was told that IBM's Model Range for the 3083 - E, B and J - used the initial letter of the Product Managers' last names for the models. Anyone know if this was true? some 3083 topic drift this account has 3081 ( 3033) using

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-26 Thread Scott Ford
Werent they developed at La Gaude ? I was there in the 90s Regards, Scott From: Anne Lynn Wheeler Sent: ‎Saturday‎, ‎April‎ ‎26‎, ‎2014 ‎2‎:‎34‎ ‎PM To: IBM Mainframe Discussion List aledlhug...@aol.com (Aled Hughes) writes: Back in the early '80s, I was told that IBM's Model

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-26 Thread Anne Lynn Wheeler
scott_j_f...@yahoo.com (Scott Ford) writes: Werent they developed at La Gaude ? I was there in the 90s re: http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2014f.htm#49 Beyond the EC12 4341 was being done in Endicott, maybe thinking about (slower) 4331 that was being done in Europe (Boeblingen) on 4361 (4331

Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Klein, Kenneth E
Has anyone heard any good rumors about what will be coming out next year as the latest and greatest model? z296? Ec14? -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 4/25/2014 8:09 AM, Klein, Kenneth E wrote: Has anyone heard any good rumors about what will be coming out next year as the latest and greatest model? z296? Ec14? You bring up an interest point to contemplate as IBM eventually considers official names for its 13th-generation machine (if

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread zMan
The z196/z114 names were just plain confusing, so yeah, I'd assume they wouldn't do that. If they were going to have an aberration, they should have done that for 13. Let's see, z10EC/BC, zEC12/zBC12...maybe z1EC3/z1BC3 to hide the 13?! On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 11:47 AM, Ed Jaffe

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Dyck, Lionel
- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of zMan Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 11:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 The z196/z114 names were just plain confusing, so yeah, I'd assume they wouldn't do that. If they were going

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Mark Pace
Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of zMan Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 11:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 The z196/z114 names were just plain confusing, so yeah, I'd assume they wouldn't do that. If they were going to have an aberration

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Chase, John
Maybe they'll resurrect Future System. :-) -jc- -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of zMan Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 11:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 The z196/z114 names

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Nims,Alva John (Al)
Jaffe Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 11:48 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 On 4/25/2014 8:09 AM, Klein, Kenneth E wrote: Has anyone heard any good rumors about what will be coming out next year as the latest and greatest model? z296? Ec14? You bring up an interest

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Ken Porowski
and retain any communications sent from or received at this email address. -Original Message- Mark Pace Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 1:27 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Beyond the EC12 I don't remember where I heard this, or even I really did hear this, but immediately

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread DiBianca, Robert
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 1:54 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 It's always referred to as zNext until the formal announcement and final name is released. CIT | Ken Porowski | VP Mainframe Engineering | Information Technology | +1 973 740 5459 (tel) | ken.porow

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread R.S.
My bet: BHV3B4 Reason: completely unrelated to the predecessor, Of course B4 is number of procesors in hex, 3 could be understood as third generation (z196 - 1 was first generation), V is for Virtualization, finally BH stand for absolutely nothing. -- Radoslaw Skorupka Lodz, Poland

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Mark Pace
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [IBM-MAIN] Beyond the EC12 I don't remember where I heard this, or even I really did hear this, but immediately, Next jumped to the front of my brain. zNext - NextZ. It could be real, it could just a hallucination

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Chase, John
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 We don't understand where the name z196 came from Z196 = 1st generation 96 cores. It was a silly name. IBM has been very tight-lipped about the next machine. No models have been mentioned. No availability dates have been given. No features

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Ed Jaffe
On 4/25/2014 10:57 AM, DiBianca, Robert wrote: Around here, people are betting on EC14 or EC15. We don't understand where the name z196 came from, but didn't z9's come out in 2009, z10's in 2010, EC12's in 2012... I realize time flies, but the IBM Danu z9-109 EC 2094 (9th generation

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Martin Packer
/developerworks/mydeveloperworks/blogs/MartinPacker From: Bob Shannon bshan...@rocketsoftware.com To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Date: 25/04/2014 19:28 Subject:Re: Beyond the EC12 Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu We don't understand where

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Mark Pace
Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Bob Shannon Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 1:28 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 We don't understand where the name z196 came from Z196 = 1st generation 96 cores. It was a silly name

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Skip Robinson
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU, Date: 04/25/2014 11:59 AM Subject:Re: Beyond the EC12 Sent by:IBM Mainframe Discussion List IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU I can neither confirm nor deny that I know anything at all. On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 2:41 PM, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote: And if IBM

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Ed Finnell
My suspicion is: ZFH3FF-z/Fog Horn 3rd Gen 255 processors and will be end of line for Z. To be sup'd by VCN4FFF-Virtual Cumulo nimbus 4th gen 1023 engines. Well it is Friday! In a message dated 4/25/2014 1:25:07 P.M. Central Daylight Time, r.skoru...@bremultibank.com.pl writes: My

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread R.S.
W dniu 2014-04-25 20:41, Chase, John pisze: And if IBM has disclosed anything to ISVs, the NDAs undoubtedly prohibit disclosing even that fact publicly. ISV may not know the names, just because they don't need to know names. They need to know technical details of zNEXT. BTW: Let's guess: 1.

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Tony Harminc
On 25 April 2014 14:41, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote: And if IBM has disclosed anything to ISVs, the NDAs undoubtedly prohibit disclosing even that fact publicly. I've seen lots of NDA technical material over the years, but in my experience IBM has *never* disclosed any branding info to

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread Charles Mills
@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tony Harminc Sent: Friday, April 25, 2014 6:15 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Beyond the EC12 On 25 April 2014 14:41, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote: And if IBM has disclosed anything to ISVs, the NDAs undoubtedly prohibit disclosing even that fact publicly

Re: Beyond the EC12

2014-04-25 Thread zMan
I've heard rumors that the names are often not determined until shortly before release anyway, after some not-so-fun marketing meetings... On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 6:14 PM, Tony Harminc t...@harminc.net wrote: On 25 April 2014 14:41, Chase, John jch...@ussco.com wrote: And if IBM has