This takes me back a few years... I worked for a building society, that was eaten alive by RBS, and when I joined I was told by the person who I was going to report to for the next few years... that there are 2 Systems Prod, and 'the LPAR'(referring to the development LPAR, of course for some time I tried to convince them that both were LPAR's, but alas... He was a helpdesk person that became a NT admin, and had a good relationship with the outgoing Sysprog(upwards in the company)... In the end there were still 2 systems... Prod and 'the LPAR'
I suppose it all depends it you see someone is going to continue on a steady mainframe path, then you help him to understand the terms end things the right way, but if not... by the time he is mid-level management, things like that does not matter in any case, except if Windows becomes the preferred platform for new work-loads just because he is not comfortable with the System-z, or is it Z6 from now onwards... Herbie -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of SUBSCRIBE IBM-MAIN Niall Sent: 31 Januarie 2008 10:03 To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Dumb idea - pandering to the "other systems" people? My one concern would be to the future. If you were to leave, would a replacement sysprog have to relearn a new vocabulary because there is a different vocabulary in place? And since the people there don't know the Z/OS equivalents, is there a risk that the gap between what they say and what the new guy interprets could cause a major outage? For my money, the company should stump up for enough basic training to allow Z/OS discussions to be held in the appropriate language and using the appropriate terms. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Elavon Financial Services Limited Registered in Ireland: Number 418442 Registered Office: Block E, 1st Floor, Cherrywood Business Park, Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin, Ireland Directors: Robert Abele (USA), John Collins, Terrance Dolan (USA), Pamela Joseph (USA), Declan Lynch, John McNally, Malcolm Towlson Elavon Financial Services Limited, trading as Elavon, is regulated by the Financial Regulator ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
