In article <caajsdjijlnffn9ltdqoagusrvhzgiwj8zsts_geai4bv8-3...@mail.gmail.com> you wrote: > On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 10:58 AM, John Mattson <johnmattson...@gmail.com> > wrote:
> > (sorry, finger check) > > And often they have no experience with zOS and therefore only a hazy > > idea of what we are doing. > > > > > ?That is exactly why the management here was "All Windows, All The Time!". > They didn't understand z/OS. They didn't understand what the z/OS people > did, or how to manage them. And it was easier for them to "eliminate? the > problem" rather than learn something different. Management is slightly > different now. Current management doesn't want many employees. Most work is > done either by a contractor on site, or by an outside firm (at their > location). The company is now _mainly_ management. > -- > Our calculus classes are an integral part of your education. > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown I don't think this is anything new. I remember a VP of a company I was working for in 1982 tell me, "As far as I'm concerned, those guys work for IBM. I just rent them." -- Don Poitras - SAS Development - SAS Institute Inc. - SAS Campus Drive sas...@sas.com (919) 531-5637 Cary, NC 27513 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN