John, Of course you are right.
But it's now and into the future about share holder value...to coin a phrase I heard while working for Best Foods in Englewoodcliffs, N.J. ... from the President of the North American Division O' by the way he was from Germany. --- On Wed, 8/12/09, McKown, John <jmck...@healthmarkets.com> wrote: > From: McKown, John <jmck...@healthmarkets.com> > Subject: Re: Can CICS region share more than one processor > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2009, 12:17 PM > > -----Original Message----- > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] > On Behalf Of Ted MacNEIL > > Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 10:31 AM > > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > > Subject: Re: Can CICS region share more than one > processor > > > > >Of course, since this requires rewriting, or at > least > > validating, the current code to be ThreadSafe, this is > not > > really a good option. > > > > Why? > > Since when is improving application code a bad > option? > > > > - > > Too busy driving to stop for gas! > > It costs time and money for what is generally perceived as > unnecessary ("so called") improvements. Now, perhaps in this > case, if it could defer a CPU upgrade, it would be "good" > (in management-speak). What we technicians consider "good" > is often considered "bad" by management because it is > "useless" to the business (in an immediate sense). Like > trying to create a fuel efficient engine back when gasoline > was $0.25 a gallon. Technically, it would have been good. > But it would have been perceived as "useless" (and not cost > effective) because it would not have increased profitability > to the car manufacturers. The same applies to "unnecessary" > code changes. If the "end user experience" is not improved > and hard money costs not decreased "what good is it?". > > My cynical take on things as have happened in my > experiences. > > -- > John McKown > Systems Engineer IV > IT > > Administrative Services Group > > HealthMarkets(r) > > 9151 Boulevard 26 * N. Richland Hills * TX 76010 > (817) 255-3225 phone * (817)-961-6183 cell > john.mck...@healthmarkets.com > * www.HealthMarkets.com > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail message may contain > confidential or proprietary information. If you are not the > intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply > e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. > HealthMarkets(r) is the brand name for products underwritten > and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, > Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company(r), Mid-West > National Life Insurance Company of TennesseeSM and The MEGA > Life and Health Insurance Company.SM > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, > send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu > with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO > Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
