Heck. The last real job I had where the systems programmers weren't treated like dirt was in a 3090-6J shop. The employees in the mainframe area weren't exactly treated like Gods but were well respected. BTW that 3090 beat any MP box you could mention. I was the manager of a shop of 30 people althought by that time I was still hands on the division of responsibilites was devided betwee 6 systems programmers and there was more then enough work for them. I just hope to live long enough to see even the small zBC machines take hold where there are managers who DO have a clue instead of the people out there now who think the world ends with PC toys instead of real realiable machines that are truly business class. Good luck IBM and any smart management out there. My own private opinion.
Ed Finnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: In a message dated 7/8/2006 6:53:41 P.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: and for really little iron ... recent post mentioning xt/370 http://www.garlic.com/~lynn/2006m.html#56 DCSS >> There were the 9370's as node machines. We had one for our supercomputer node for a little while before the big-I got commercial. Then we got a 3090-400e and darned if it didn't have four of the buggers inside the 9032... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html --------------------------------- Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2ยข/min or less. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
