I agree with Tom's comments on many levels. Bob has done a world of good for over 2 decades, at times providing the ONLY independent voice for mainframe users, starting from 4300 Quarterly all the way to z/Journal. He has done this often long before he had enough support to make it work, and as Tom said, he has been nothing but a strong voice and advocate for the mainframe community.
He has also in fact has just started a brand new magazine called Mainframe Executive. This magazine is the very first avenue (trade show, magazine etc.) for information relevant to management levels at companies using mainframe hardware. It's a completely different approach without the technical content, to help mainframe executives cope in their world. You may want to subscribe your management team! Regards, Eric Vaughan -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Moulder Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 4:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Has z/Journal gone to the dark side Bob Thomas is a personal friend of mine. That may cause you to just tune out immediately. I have always seen him as a friend to the mainframe. I feel sad for anyone that would let one article in a magazine negate the effect of years of other articles. z/Journal has helped the mainframe and will continue to do so as long as there is a mainframe. Tom Moulder -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Eric Vaughan Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 3:29 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Has z/Journal gone to the dark side Here is a response to this post from Bob Thomas, the publisher of z/Journal: "To some mainframe users we will be considered untrustworthy mainframe bigots in IBM's pocket. While others will think we are selling out and in Microsoft's pocket. Hard to win sometime! But, what we really want to be is an independent source of information for users of IBM mainframe systems." Bob -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Samson Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 2:41 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Has z/Journal gone to the dark side Tom, I just got the same e-mail and thought the same thoughts. With friends like these.... Kelman, Tom wrote: > I just got an email titled “Legacy Modernization Spotlight”. When I clicked > on the links in it they took me to articles that look like they’re in the > online version of z/Journal but they’re sponsored by Microsoft and talk about > converting from the mainframe to Microsoft servers. Is z/Journal dropping > the z and becoming Widows Journal, or am I reading the articles wrong? Here > is a web link that ends up going to the same articles. Once you get to the > main page click on one of the articles under the heading “In‑Depth”. > http://zjournal.tcipubs.com/issues/LegacyModernization04-08.html > > > > Tom Kelman > > Commerce Bank of Kansas City > > (816) 760-7632 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.13/1377 - Release Date: 4/14/2008 9:26 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.22.13/1377 - Release Date: 4/14/2008 9:26 AM ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
