> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List > [mailto:ibm-m...@bama.ua.edu] On Behalf Of Scott T. Harder > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2010 9:14 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu > Subject: Re: Mainframe emulator part of a conspira cy • The Register > > I really enjoyed reading this article, but in the end it left > me flat again; with no hope of a viable solution to the > problem. I had no idea that this issue went back so far in > history, which also added to my dismay about the whole thing. > > I don't know about you all, but those FLEX-ES boxes were a > ton of fun to work on (and the P/390... never worked on a > Multiprise, but those looked fun too). Why can't we have > that again?? I'd be running z/OS and actively doing > development for the platform *right now* if I had that > capability. As it is, it seems to me that IBM does nothing > but hurt themselves and the platform in general with their > current stance (sorry for the quite obvious statement). > > Also sorry that I can't afford Dallas on my own. What am I > to do but to learn C#????? > > Scott T. Harder
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