People often say "times have changed" when what's actually changed is a fashion. I'm not saying more fundamental issues never change, but it's well to keep the distinction in mind, and to know which is which. Just sayin'.
--- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* Being famous has its benefits, but fame isn't one of them. -Larry Wall */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 00:15 Indeed. Yet so many "production" systems (non-Z) don't take that approach, yet get away with it. Oh, that e-commerce website is down for a half-hour/day/week? That helpdesk is offline because someone pulled a cable (to get back to Matt's post)? No big deal. I don't get it. Are we wrong? Are they wrong? It's easy to be purist, but have times changed?? I like to think not, but the evidence seems otherwise in so many cases. --- Shmuel wrote: >Asking "what can possible go wrong?" is good. Believing that nothing can go wrong is suicidal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
