Of course it is a tautology. But many/most of us seem to forget the tautology after we have worked at the same place for X number of years. We begin to think that our employer owes us a living, or maybe our nation's taxpayers owe us a living.
Bill Fairchild Programmer Rocket Software 408 Chamberlain Park Lane . Franklin, TN 37069-2526 . USA t: +1.617.614.4503 . e: bfairch...@rocketsoftware.com . w: www.rocketsoftware.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Thomas Berg Sent: Friday, October 05, 2012 8:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: SV: Career Advice for the Mainframer - Was RE: Another Light goes out Is that not a tautology ? :) (Could You be in a *business* without the goal to make profits ?) Regards, Thomas Berg _______________________________________________________ Thomas Berg Specialist AM/SM&S SWEDBANK AB (publ) > -----Ursprungligt meddelande----- > Från: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > För Bill Fairchild > Skickat: den 3 oktober 2012 18:53 > Till: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Ämne: Re: Career Advice for the Mainframer - Was RE: Another Light > goes out > > IBM is not in business to make mainframes or to keep legacy > mainframers employed. IBM is in business to make profits for IBM > stockholders to divide up each year. > > Bill Fairchild > Programmer > Rocket Software > 408 Chamberlain Park Lane * Franklin, TN 37069-2526 * USA > t: +1.617.614.4503 * e: bfairch...@rocketsoftware.com * w: > www.rocketsoftware.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] > On Behalf Of Roberts, John J > Sent: Wednesday, October 03, 2012 11:15 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Career Advice for the Mainframer - Was RE: Another Light > goes out > > I know that there will be people on this list that will insist that > the mainframe platform is absolutely viable for the foreseeable future. > But what they are really saying is that they will support it as long > as it is profitable, and drop it the very day that it isn't. My old > employer (Amdahl/Fujitsu) did exactly that, going from Flagship to > Nothing in just two years. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send > email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
