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On Sept 25 my current employment ends, and since I'm not planning to
look for another job, about 37 years of a system programming career
ends with it. Although the last 20 of those years have been more
support / administration / configuration of MVS communication-related
software than any real system programming I still claim the title, and
IBM-Main has helped my maintain that fiction. I discovered IBM-Main
pretty late in my career (10-12 years ago maybe?) but since then it has
been a constant source of both information and entertainment.
IBM-Main is unusual among the online technical discussion venues in
that it has a real sense of community. While this has resulted in many
non-technical threads that have given Darren heartburn it also has
added context to postings, making otherwise obscure comments
understandable. I'd hate to think of that ever changing.
I've decided I'll drop off the list in a week or 2 rather than hear more
about all the neat new features of software and hardware that I will
never see. (I'm already feeling obsolete by being stuck on z/OS 1.8
while others talk about 1.10, etc.) Should I forget this decision and
start posting again feel free to remind me I have nothing useful to
add. :-)
Exception: I will probably hop back on the list late Feb to find
out who's going to be at SHARE in Seattle. During SHARE I'll probably
be wandering the halls - sans badge - snubbing people.
Thanks and good-bye.
Pat O'Keefe
P.S. A slightly early "Another one bites the dust".
By the end of this year all mainframe processing of the former
Washington Mutual Bank will have been transferred to JPMorgan
Chase or eliminated. What a year ago was one of the largest MVS
shops in the Pacific Northwest will power off its processors and cease
to exist. I'm glad I won't be there to see that final Z EOD.
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Stay around anyway, Pat. We'll hate to lose those years of experience.
But also enjoy your retirement!
Going to catch up on the fishing and huntting? That's what I'm doing. :-)
Rick
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