> On Sep 29, 2016, at 11:12 AM, John Mattson <johnmattson...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Fascinating subject for most of us, just look at all the replies. > Makes me sorry that I am close to retirement when things keep getting more > interesting. > Many years ago that I started doing all of the zOS maintenance because > the rest of the group was eliminated or switched to Unix/Win. Incredible > tools developed allowed that to happen. I could download and install major > systems in no time at all. We went from a bunch of zOS people doing > systems to one zOS and a much larger bunch doing Unix/Win. They called this > "progress". Hmmm. > How remote support happened at Acme Anvils. I installed TCPIP on the > MF when no one in management had any interest in it. I bought and paid for > a very expensive cell phone and software many years ago which allowed me to > login to work so that I could play Renaissance music at faires all week-end > while on-call. (amazing how many of us are also musicians) Once others saw > this, everyone had to have it. It was worth every cent. > After all these years the major obstacle to remote support is that > management still had not learned how to manage it--- In my (not so) humble > opinion. > My comment to John McKown is "what happens when you want to go on a > real vacation", you know, Europe or Asia? I realize that one reason I am > at my current consultant job is so that the FTE can go on vacation. > Humbling, but at this point, no problem. I make myself useful. > ———————————————SNIP——————————————————
At one place I worked you weren’t allowed to go out of state let alone out of the country. Another place 2 people on the team had to stay in city for any 3 day weekend. No one could take simultanious vacations. Ed ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
