On Fri, 26 Jun 2020 at 12:57, Henri Kuiper <henrikui...@zdevops.com> wrote: > > Wow. What a lot of pushback. > > This is (IMHO) precisely what’s wrong with the (generic average) mainframe > community. New is bad. Different is bad.
No one has said anything remotely like that. > Dudes (m/f) : it’s not the 80s anymore. > > That being said : here’s a little “why” for the existence of the thing : > https://zdevops.tumblr.com/post/620908065704853504/mainframe-community-mattermost OK - looks cool. But why is it good because it's posted on a site that evidently exists not to make cool new stuff public, but to monetize it? How does the existence of something nifty on it justify such a site? Why not post nifty stuff right here on IBM-MAIN? > That being said I’d say “traditional” peeps like some of the reactions I > read here should probably not even try to see what it is. Well look who has the attitude now... > There’s no punch cards. No bus&tek. But an easy, modern, new (young) blood > friendly environment where about 100 peeps are having some fun discussing > mainframe things. Seriously...? As opposed to a mailing list that must obviously be difficult, old-fashioned, unfriendly to youth? > No hard feelings. You're sure...? Tony H. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
