I like it and plan to use the same analogy. Jerry Whitteridge Manager Mainframe Systems & Storage Albertsons - Safeway Inc. 623 869 5523 Corporate Tieline - 85523
If you feel in control you just aren't going fast enough. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Jesse 1 Robinson Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 10:33 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: A true discussion in today's world (at least here) When I get flak about the churn of staying current with maintenance, I climb my soapbox. Look, I say, I've calculated that on balance it's cheaper to drive your car as long as it runs rather than take in for periodic maintenance, which is both time consuming and out-of-pocket costly. Most likely it will fail somewhere down the road ;-) but getting it fixed then will be cheaper and quicker overall. Well, I say, if you wouldn't think of managing your car that way, why would you think it makes sense for a computer system? . . J.O.Skip Robinson Southern California Edison Company Electric Dragon Team Paddler SHARE MVS Program Co-Manager 323-715-0595 Mobile 626-302-7535 Office robin...@sce.com -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 5:01 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: (External):A true discussion in today's world (at least here) http://www.theregister.co.uk/2016/11/23/stay_out_of_my_server_room/ [quote] Administrators spend a great deal of time doing preventative maintenance. Keeping the servers running doesn't mean putting out fires as they come, it means planning for hypothetical scenarios with the resources available. This type of work doesn't immediately present a benefit, and when the time comes to cut some chaff, perception is key. Management droids who've never experienced the pain of an outage might not have the same respect for having the hardware on hand as you and me, and the blame cannon is somehow never pointed at the penny-pincher who thought doing without a support contract was an acceptable risk. [quote/] -- Heisenberg may have been here. Unicode: http://xkcd.com/1726/ Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ________________________________ Warning: All e-mail sent to this address will be received by the corporate e-mail system, and is subject to archival and review by someone other than the recipient. This e-mail may contain proprietary information and is intended only for the use of the intended recipient(s). If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient(s), you are notified that you have received this message in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately. ________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
