On Wed, 13 Feb 2013 17:10:06 -0600, Ed Gould <edgould1...@comcast.net> wrote:
>Dana: > >About 15 years ago I was in a IBM class (all sysprogs). The >instructor came out and said it is IBM's hope to get rid of system >programmers. That tells you a lot from IBM's POV. I have distrusted >IBM ever since. > >Ed > IBM's plans as far as expensive sysprogs is concerned is very obvious. Look at the inordinate effort ($$) they are putting into zOSMF in order to make basic systems tasks more palletable to less experienced sysprogs. I hope they keep the gui facilities completely optional, and can be used if/when needed, instead of falling into the trap they have created with managing IBM i systems. On an i system (don't get me started on that choice of a name for an operating system....) there is available 5250 emulation (green screen) and at least 2 flavors of gui's for performing management tasks. The trouble is that not *all* functions can be performed from a 5250 session. Conversely not all functions can be executed from any one of the gui's either. This creates a dog's dinner of interfaces required to perform all the duties needed to be an admin on an i system. Dana ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
