Re: whois.ibm.com - gone

2017-10-12 Thread zMan
On Thu, Oct 12, 2017 at 6:09 PM, Edward Gould wrote: > Yes people make mistakes but they correct the problem as soon as they are > made aware of it. That is the way I have been taught since kindergarten. > *ITS* your responsibility. to fix things that you broke. That's so last-century. Everyone

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2017-10-12 Thread Edward Gould
> On Oct 12, 2017, at 12:06 PM, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh > wrote: > > Errr what? > I'm sure you noticed that I'm not from IBM? > An IBM employee wouldn't tweet an IBM 'situation' out to the world. > > PS: Someone who's a bit rubbish in their job doesn't need be from India for > it to make sen

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2017-10-12 Thread John Arwe
On 10/12/2017 8:29 AM, Edward Gould wrote: >> It is gone permanently, I'm afraid. DSTM, please. > DTSM there are several acronyms, one of which is gross and I don’t think you > are talking about Santa Monica. Please elaborate. I believe JE's intended meaning is: Don't Shoot The Messenger John

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2017-10-12 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
ect nonetheless. – Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: 12 October 2017 23:04 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: whois.ibm.com - gone On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:06:48 +0

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2017-10-12 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 17:06:48 +, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote: > >PS: Someone who's a bit rubbish in their job doesn't need be from India for it >to make sense. As if the entire rest of the world is 100% correct and perfect >all the time. > No offense intended; I merely was amused by a coi

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2017-10-12 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
eliant on, contact your service rep. – Vignesh Mainframe Infrastructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: 12 October 2017 20:08 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: whois.ibm.com - gone On Wed, 11 Oc

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2017-10-12 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 23:02:47 -0400, Tony Thigpen wrote: >... >I wonder if they outsourced their web stuff to India? :-) >... On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 14:03:20 +, Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh wrote: >About a few weeks ago, I tweeted saying I found a page within ibm.com that >allowed looking u

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2017-10-12 Thread Phil Smith III
Tony Thigpen wrote: >They have really messed up their web sites in the last two years. Using Doc online now just about impossible. And, many times, they don't even give an easy to find PDF download option. (I have found that going back up the manual chain will sometimes give you the option.) >

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2017-10-12 Thread Sankaranarayanan, Vignesh
astructure -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John Eells Sent: 12 October 2017 12:03 To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: whois.ibm.com - gone John Eells wrote: > Dyck, Lionel B. , TRA wrote: >> It would appear that the

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2017-10-12 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 07:29:38 -0500, Edward Gould wrote: >> >> It is gone permanently, I'm afraid. DSTM, please. > >DTSM there are several acronyms, one of which is gross and I don’t think you >are talking about Santa Monica. Please elaborate. >Thanks, > Try DSTM, instead. -- gil -

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2017-10-12 Thread Edward Gould
> On Oct 12, 2017, at 6:02 AM, John Eells wrote: > > John Eells wrote: >> Dyck, Lionel B. , TRA wrote: >>> It would appear that the whois.ibm.com site that >>> was very useful to >>> find contact info for any IBM employee has been removed. Does anyone >>> know if there i

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: whois.ibm.com - gone

2017-10-12 Thread Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA)
From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dana Mitchell Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 7:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: whois.ibm.com - gone At first glance, it looked to me like you used a common pinball players' euphemi

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2017-10-12 Thread Dana Mitchell
At first glance, it looked to me like you used a common pinball players' euphemism: SDTM - Straight Down the Middle! (but strangely appropriate) Is Bluepages next? Dana On Thu, 12 Oct 2017 07:02:35 -0400, John Eells wrote: >John Eells wrote: > >It is gone permanently, I'm afraid. DSTM, ple

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: whois.ibm.com - gone

2017-10-12 Thread Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA)
ehalf Of John Eells Sent: Thursday, October 12, 2017 6:03 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: whois.ibm.com - gone John Eells wrote: > Dyck, Lionel B. , TRA wrote: >> It would appear that the whois.ibm.com site that was very useful to >> find contact info for any

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2017-10-12 Thread John Eells
John Eells wrote: Dyck, Lionel B. , TRA wrote: It would appear that the whois.ibm.com site that was very useful to find contact info for any IBM employee has been removed. Does anyone know if there is a new url for that service? I sent a note asking what happened to it. I'll let the list kn

Re: Doc online (was: whois.ibm.com - gone)

2017-10-11 Thread Susan Shumway
Thanks for supporting the indexed PDF collection, Gil. I personally reference it regularly and agree that it's really useful. Tony, I suspect you're referring to the ability to download the containing PDF from any KC topic. Since that functionality doesn't exist right now, the closest workarou

Doc online (was: whois.ibm.com - gone)

2017-10-11 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 23:02:47 -0400, Tony Thigpen wrote: >They have really messed up their web sites in the last two years. Using >Doc online now just about impossible. And, many times, they don't even >give an easy to find PDF download option. (I have found that going back >up the manual chain wil

Re: whois.ibm.com - gone

2017-10-11 Thread Jack J. Woehr
On 10/11/2017 6:45 PM, Edward Gould wrote: I would bet on your 2nd option. I bet it's more like, "Do we want every @$$4073 on the planet to be able to importune our folks for free consulting?" Face it, IBM is sliding down the hill to bankruptcy. IBM is going to rule the world starting

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2017-10-11 Thread Tony Thigpen
oug Fuerst Principal Consultant BK Associates 718.921.2620 (O) 917.572.7364 (C) d...@bkassociates.net -- Original Message -- From: "zMan" To: IBM-MAIN@listserv.ua.edu Sent: 11-Oct-17 5:03:09 PM Subject: Re: whois.ibm.com - gone There aren't enough employees left to justif

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2017-10-11 Thread Doug Fuerst
-Oct-17 5:03:09 PM Subject: Re: whois.ibm.com - gone There aren't enough employees left to justify its existence! Either that or it broke and there's nobody left who knows enough about programming to fix it. On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 2:33 PM, John Eells wrote: Dyck, Lionel B. , TRA

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2017-10-11 Thread Edward Gould
> On Oct 11, 2017, at 4:03 PM, zMan wrote: > > There aren't enough employees left to justify its existence! > > Either that or it broke and there's nobody left who knows enough about > programming to fix it. I would bet on your 2nd option. Face it, IBM is sliding down the hill to bankruptcy. E

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2017-10-11 Thread zMan
There aren't enough employees left to justify its existence! Either that or it broke and there's nobody left who knows enough about programming to fix it. On Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 2:33 PM, John Eells wrote: > Dyck, Lionel B. , TRA wrote: > >> It would appear that the whois.ibm.com site that was

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2017-10-11 Thread John Eells
Dyck, Lionel B. , TRA wrote: It would appear that the whois.ibm.com site that was very useful to find contact info for any IBM employee has been removed. Does anyone know if there is a new url for that service? I sent a note asking what happened to it. I'll let the list know if I get a re

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2017-10-11 Thread Lizette Koehler
Lionel B. (TRA) > Sent: Wednesday, October 11, 2017 7:43 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: whois.ibm.com - gone > > It would appear that the whois.ibm.com site that was very useful to find > contact info for any IBM employee has been removed. Does anyone know if &g

Re: whois.ibm.com - gone

2017-10-11 Thread Dana Mitchell
I can't find anything that works anymore I used to use www.ibm.com/whois Everything I try now redirects to the contacts page. That's too bad, that was a handy service. On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 14:42:58 +, Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA) wrote: >It would appear that the whois.ibm.com site that wa

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2017-10-11 Thread Dyck, Lionel B. (TRA)
It would appear that the whois.ibm.com site that was very useful to find contact info for any IBM employee has been removed. Does anyone know if there is a new url for that service? -- Lionel B. Dyck <>< Mainframe Systems P