[Default] On 7 Sep 2017 22:56:50 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main sipp...@sg.ibm.com (Timothy Sipples) wrote:
>IBM first introduced PDSEs about 27 years ago. IBM first introduced Java on >OS/390 about 21 years ago. > >That's a long, long time ago. > >It's impossible to defend stubborn opposition to these and to other highly >mature technologies. Business (and the business of government) will get >done, with or without you. If that's how you choose to (mis)behave, then I >can't criticize managers who decide to chuck you in the garbage heap of >history. If you won't change, then you should be/will be changed. I suppose >we can quibble about how much change makes business sense in particular >contexts, but zero is the wrong answer. > >Jimmy Iovine said it well: "Never stop being of service." > >(My views are my own.) > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Timothy Sipples >IT Architect Executive, Industry Solutions, IBM z Systems, AP/GCG/MEA >E-Mail: sipp...@sg.ibm.com > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >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