On 10/15/2010 9:28 AM, Paul Gilmartin wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 07:24:08 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote:
On 10/15/2010 7:20 AM, Lindy Mayfield wrote:
I say heavily customized but that's only a few of my customers.
Just about every mainframe shop I've seen, especially those that
have been around a while, have enough customization, exits, etc.
to be in trouble soon. And, honestly, who will they call?
Most management will ignore it until it's too late and
then declare "it's time to move off the mainframe".
But why, when hit by a Windows exploit, don't they likewise say,
"It's time to move off Windows._
-- gil
Because most managers today "know" windows and they
accept poor security and performance as inevitable;
they aren't even aware of alternatives.
Why?
Because IBM is not telling the story.
And, sad to say, neither are we. We are not bragging
about the amazing features of z/OS (of course, you
gotta' do this in a style of "is this cool, or what?"
as opposed to "squatty boxes stink, look at what we
do under z/OS").
So, take some time to reflect on how this would best
be done in your shop. For example, Paul, you would
probably not want to extol JCL; on the other hand
you would praise the ability to run both z/OS and
UNIX (in the guise of z/OS UNIX System Services) on
one box. Don't hate EBCDIC, be amazed at the ability
to work with EBCDIC, ASCII, and Unicode all on one
system.
Caveat: of course, there are exceptions to all of
the above assertions, and I don't want to belittle
those IBM'ers and IBM-main residents who are telling
the story inside their companies; nor do I want to
disparage those managers who understand the role
the mainframe has in their organization.
--
Kind regards,
-Steve Comstock
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