> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Ed Gould > Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 6:08 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: IBM driving mainframe systems programmers into the ground <snip> > Scott: > The point of the above I think is to show that IBM either > wants to reduce or eliminate systems programmers. I am sure > others have their own versions. > Ed
>From this, what IBM wants is for the z to be administered like an i. There >really aren't any sysprogs on an i. There is very little to configure. No >exits in system code. The OS is really in the equivalent of the millicode, >much like LPAR. -- John McKown Systems Engineer IV IT Administrative Services Group HealthMarkets® 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® is the brand name for products underwritten and issued by the insurance subsidiaries of HealthMarkets, Inc. -The Chesapeake Life Insurance Company®, 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
