On Mon, Sep 10, 2001 at 05:59:29AM -0700, Shawn Tayler wrote:
>Absofrellinglutely That is the pattern
That's been the pattern since the IBM 360 mainframes that required an army
of systems programmers to keep them running (and another army to figure out
the JCL). We were running Burroughs sy
Absofrellinglutely That is the pattern
On Mon, 10 Sep 2001 09:38:01 +0200, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
>| Shawn Tayler wrote:
>| >
>| > crashes Windows, the time toilet.
>|
>| Windows isn't bad for billable hours...
>
>Which is the only reason it still exists :-) That and the hardw
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:55:33 -0600
Kurt Wall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
| Shawn Tayler wrote:
| >
| > crashes Windows, the time toilet.
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| Windows isn't bad for billable hours...
Which is the only reason it still exists :-) That and the hardware
sellers get some action. No suprise wh
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 18:15:03 -0400 burns wrote:
> Pretty impressive. Of course, with an S390 you are also pretty much selling
> your soul to IBM forever for support - and IBM's mainfarme support contracts
> and stipulations are absolutely air tight, believe me.
Yeah, but they are good at it. I
On Sun, 09 Sep 2001 22:21:19 -0400 Ian Marchak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Kurt Wall wrote:
> >
> > Shawn Tayler wrote:
> > >
> > > crashes Windows, the time toilet.
> >
> > Windows isn't bad for billable hours...
>
> Yeah no sh!t...there are plenty of talent less fools who've made
>
Kurt Wall wrote:
>
> Shawn Tayler wrote:
> >
> > crashes Windows, the time toilet.
>
> Windows isn't bad for billable hours...
Yeah no sh!t...there are plenty of talent less fools who've made sizable
sums off of supporting BSOD's and the like. As a matter of fact, I know
and work with
On Saturday 08 September 2001 05:34, Jerry McBride wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 10:32:01 -0400 burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Saturday 08 September 2001 09:22, Lee wrote:
> > > Out here in the piney woods of Florida news and tv signals travel
> > > slowly.
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 05:53:04 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote:
>>Windows, the time toilet.
>>
>
>
>Geee... that has a nice ring to it. Maybe the germ of an idea for a new sci-fi
>movie?
The PC that wasn't really there...
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Shawn Tayler wrote:
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> crashes Windows, the time toilet.
Windows isn't bad for billable hours...
Kurt
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Jerry McBride wrote:
>
[diceage]
> I wonder what the price difference would be between on s390 and a warehouse
> full
> of pc's and windows... :')
Considerable, but administering said WoPC is easy with a can of
kerosene and a match. ;)~
Kurt
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On Sat, 08 Sep 2001 14:40:16 -0700 (PST) "Shawn Tayler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 05:34:59 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote:
>
> >I wonder what the price difference would be between on s390 and a warehouse
> >full
> >of pc's and windows... :')
>
> The big break would be ongoing
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 05:34:59 -0400, Jerry McBride wrote:
>I wonder what the price difference would be between on s390 and a warehouse
>full
>of pc's and windows... :')
The big break would be ongoing maintenance costs. A warehouse full of
Winders PC's would keep a dozen techs busy 24/7 with hangs
On Sat, Sep 08, 2001 at 05:34:59AM -0400, Jerry McBride wrote:
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>I wonder what the price difference would be between on s390 and a warehouse
>full of pc's and windows... :')
Or a bunch of Sun E-1000s (nee Starfire).
Bill
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On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 10:32:01 -0400 burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Saturday 08 September 2001 09:22, Lee wrote:
> > Out here in the piney woods of Florida news and tv signals travel
> > slowly. Saw my first Linux ad on tv last night. It was for IBM Linux
> >
combo!!
On Saturday 08 September 2001 08:22, you wrote:
> Out here in the piney woods of Florida news and tv signals travel
> slowly. Saw my first Linux ad on tv last night. It was for IBM Linux
> servers. Claimed you could replace a whole warehouse full of servers
> running that other
On Saturday 08 September 2001 09:22, Lee wrote:
> Out here in the piney woods of Florida news and tv signals travel
> slowly. Saw my first Linux ad on tv last night. It was for IBM Linux
> servers. Claimed you could replace a whole warehouse full of servers
> running that other sys
Out here in the piney woods of Florida news and tv signals travel
slowly. Saw my first Linux ad on tv last night. It was for IBM Linux
servers. Claimed you could replace a whole warehouse full of servers
running that other system with one IBM server using reliable Linux
technology. Looks like Big
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