... BTW: You can pay extra money to IBM to have support for unsupported system. Some limitations also apply, all I know about it is it's expensive ...
It's called 'on a time & materials' basis. You don't have to pay unless something breaks. Then they will charge you 'time', successful resolution, or not. That is the 'materials' part. If they have the skill set, they will help. If they don't: tough <something> said the kitty. They are not going to hold somebody back with OS/390 skills while they are working z/OS development. If somebody still has the knowledge, fine! But, due to moving upward, death, severence, etc, if the skill disappears, it's not replaced. I don't know what the cost is now, but in 1982, it was $100 (CDN - back when $CDN was worth something) per hour, here in Toronto. -teD In God we Trust! All others bring data! -- W. Edwards Deming ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
