Many years ago the 3rd shift computer operator was having issues with the 5245 (I believe) printer. After the printer jamming numerous times he had it with the printer and instead of addressing the issue, he took out his hand gun and shot it a single time. Only damaged the cover and not the printer but operations management did not challenge him on this.
Carl Swanson carl.swans...@verizon.net -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Friday, January 21, 2022 11:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: EXTERNAL: Re: What not to do on a z/OS system... 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
