History lesson TLMS was written by Gulf Oil and predated CA1 by many years.
Over time TLMS has become closer to CA1 Sent from my iPhone No one said I could type with one thumb > On Feb 9, 2026, at 13:40, Mark Charles <[email protected]> wrote: > > My client uses TLMS on 6 LPARs. Broadcom has not said anything about not > supporting TLMS. > > > Thank you, > > Mark Charles > > ________________________________ > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> on behalf of > Steve Beaver <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2026 09:10 > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] mainframe skills - was cross posted > > I saw that one too. TLMS I didn’t think was still in use > > > Sent from my iPhone > > No one said I could type with one thumb > >> On Feb 5, 2026, at 13:09, Steve Beaver <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> When Indian recruiters call now I start by saying unless you are offering >> $120/Hr W2 then you do not need to be talking to me and you need to tell >> your managers that you are getting push back on the low rates. If we ALL >> push back all at the same time recruiters and companies will get the point >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> No one said I could type with one thumb >> >>>> On Feb 5, 2026, at 12:33, Pommier, Rex >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Another issue related to this is the fact that some (many/most??) US firms >>> won't hire independent contractors. They require a contractor be hired >>> through an agency. Lets see, less money for the worker, more money coming >>> out of the company's coffers. Lose, lose proposition. >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <[email protected]> On Behalf Of >>> Mike Beer >>> Sent: Thursday, February 5, 2026 12:08 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [EXTERNAL] mainframe skills - was cross posted >>> >>> This problem is not restricted to US projects. >>> >>> I recently was contacted for an Austrian banking project with specific >>> mainframe skills plus agile experience (SCRUM master) plus JAVA development. >>> This skill set is rare - the recruiting firm offered EUR 60/hour. >>> This is ridiculous - on the other hand this bank's software keeps crashing >>> very often. So they will have cheap people, but not the necessary skills. >>> >>> And I agree, most - but not all - recruiters have no clue what they are >>> talking about. >>> >>> IBM does not really help to keep the mainframe b ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
