Steve I agree with Phil's assessment and have for the last six months. It's not about making "z" last forever; it's about getting all you can out of a platform before the end of its life (meaning that the end is already conceded).
I was not one of the OS/2 bigots during its time, but I wonder how they felt when IBM capitulated and Windoze became the de facto standard in PC Operating systems? I have much more empathy for them now than I ever had at the time. If you don't stand for something; you'll fall for anything. So it is appropriate that Phil states, "The sky is falling". Sorry for really mixing up trite phrases, it just seemed ironic early on Sunday morning. Tom Moulder -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Comstock Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2007 8:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The Sky is indeed Falling Phil Payne wrote: > Forget PSI. Forget Fundamental. And forget PWD. > > It's about zSeries End of Life, and how to control the collapse. That's the most chilling work-related statement I've seen in almost 40 years working in mainframes. Are you really saying end of life for z/OS and z/VSE? Because I see IBM continuing support of zSeries in the forms of z/VM and Linux. Kind regards, -- -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-393-8716 http://www.trainersfriend.com -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.446 / Virus Database: 269.4.0/760 - Release Date: 4/13/2007 8:04 PM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
