Guys, I totally agree , and as you get older you see more issues like you both mentioned.
Scott On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 12:34 PM, Jesse 1 Robinson <jesse1.robin...@sce.com> wrote: > (It's Friday.) All analogies fail because no two things are alike. OTOH an > analogy may help someone understand an issue by drawing (an imperfect) > parallel to something else a person may be more familiar with. Or it may be > used as a tool to persuade someone to take action in a realm where they are > otherwise clueless. > > I offered the auto analogy for the second reason. Where I live in the > West, everyone has a car and can relate to the issue. If someone in the > corporate boardroom actually took umbrage to the comparison, then that > person could probably be reasoned with on technical grounds. There aren't a > lot of those folks in the management ranks. > > . > . > 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 Greg Shirey > Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 7:03 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: (External):Re: A true discussion in today's world (at least here) > > Personally, I think the analogy is quite appropriate and I appreciate Skip > sharing it. I’m sure most analogies, “in some circumstances” can be > proven to fail, but car maintenance is a fairly typical consideration for > most people in the US. If you live in an area with a dense population that > mostly relies on public transportation, then modify the analogy to the > subway system or the busses, or point to the Alaska Airlines wiki article > to show the dangers of delaying maintenance. > > My 2 cents, > Greg Shirey > Ben E. Keith Company > > > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On > Behalf Of Tony Harminc > Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2016 1:21 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: A true discussion in today's world (at least here) > > On 23 November 2016 at 12:33, Jesse 1 Robinson <jesse1.robin...@sce.com< > mailto:jesse1.robin...@sce.com>> wrote: > > 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? > > The analogy is cute, but I think it fails The problem is that in some > circumstances that's a perfectly reasonable way to manage a car. > Depending on the age, how much you depend on it, whether you ever drive a > significant distance from home, etc. etc. there may be nothing wrong with > deferring or not doing some maintenance. > > I live in a city, mostly walk or use transit, and I have very little need > for reliability in a car. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
