On 2009.10.05 09:45, concerning "500 Pound Gorilla & Downsizing", Warner Mach <ma...@res...net> wrote to IBM-Main :
> [snip] the Maximus Leader would bring tours through the computer room. > [snip] maintain and support the "big number cruncher" [snip] something > that big and that important. These days, with our burgeoning squatty box farm, I like to challenge tour folx (being shown the 'squatty boxen') to determine which machine is the mainframe since we take the least amount of space in the room. (ok, the 3494 ATL doesn't help since it's larger than the both Dasd & Cpu boxes combined.) The only clue most pick up on is the shiny Green or Blue stripe up the door. ----------> signature = 6 lines follows <-------------- Neil Duffee, Joe SysProg, U d'Ottawa, Ottawa, Ont, Canada telephone:1 613 562 5800 x4585 fax:1 613 562 5161 mailto:NDuffee of uOttawa.ca http:/ /aix1.uottawa.ca/ ~nduffee "How *do* you plan for something like that?" Guardian Bob, Reboot "For every action, there is an equal and opposite criticism." "Systems Programming: Guilty, until proven innocent" John Norgauer 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
