Re: Mark Thomen
So sad to lose someone so gifted and still comparatively young. Through IBM-MAIN, I felt that Mark was a 'friend' - same as Bruce. I never met them, but their contribution was always invaluable and appreciated by everyone. Real gentle men. My condolences to Mark's family. A very sad loss. As Rick said, a moment's silence is in order. Aled L Hughes -Original Message- From: Ed Finnell efinnel...@aol.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Fri, Jul 23, 2010 3:26 pm Subject: Re: Mark Thomen n a message dated 7/23/2010 9:20:09 A.M. Central Daylight Time, focht...@ync.net writes: Don't know. I got word from one of his co-workers. ot this from John Kalinic: ---snip --- was looking up Mark's obit and saw you had posted on one of the IBM orums. Mark Died last night. Here is what I got. Some sad news that some of you may have already heard. Mark Thomen died esterday afternoon. For those of you that didn't know, he had Picks isease, a rare form of dementia. He had been living in an Assisted Living acility. A week ago he was having a tough time swallowing and then inally respiratory distress. Many months before this he was unable to alk (nor write) and didn't even recognize what to do with a computer. I hink he was only 60 yrs. old. The prognosis for Pick's is 2-10 years and e made it three years from diagnosis. His mother died of the same isease. As Pat Choi said, he's better off where he is now and not uffering. I haven't hear of any memorial or funeral as yet. Just thought you should know Regards / Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jenn ---pins --- -- or IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, end email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO earch the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Migrate From Mainframe? To What?
Personally, I have to question if Anton Britz is a 'real' person or his motives. His comments about anything mainframe related are so outrageous, and are getting tedious to say the least. He lists himself on Linkedin as part of AB Consultants (there's a hint there!) in Idaho. But he doesn't seem to live there, according to public records. However, he appears at a number of addresses in California. Finally, Merv has made so many more appropriate comments than Mr Britz. Please, get real Mr. Britz, or find some other occupation. PS, sorry Darren, this guy has been allowed to inflict his venom on mainframes for so long that his latest comments have really got to me. Time for a beer perchance. -Original Message- From: Ken Porowski ken.porow...@cit.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Wed, Jun 30, 2010 6:21 pm Subject: Re: Migrate From Mainframe? To What? I doubt there's a shortage of people that manage people. I would guess hat he's talking about the technical side. For those that worry about what Merv Adrian is all about, note that he ust posted the piece, not write it. I seem to recall that the Joe labby piece was posted here earlier. -Original Message- ony Harminc On 30 June 2010 12:04, Mark T. Regan, K8MTR netsfw-ibmm...@yahoo.com rote: http://mervadrian.wordpress.com/2010/06/24/migrate-from-mainframe-to-w hat/ A lot of curious use of the phrase mainframe management. I can't tell f by that he means the technical stuff - application programming, ystem programming, operations, and so on - or management in the sense f managing the people who do those things. Tony H. -- or IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, end email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO earch the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: 25 reasons why hardware is still hot at IBM
I have to agree with Timothy, good analysis. In addition, I recall about 25 years back that 'informed pundits' claimed that about 80% of the world's data was held on IBM Mainframes. Today they claim that figure is about 70%. So, the 'informed pundits' now say that the mainframe is losing out. But hang on a minute. How much 'data' was held on computers in 1985? Could I do online banking then? Could I make any hotel/airline/car rental reservation online then? On a more personal level, could I buy my wife some roses on her birthday online as I will be away on that day? I suspect that the amount of data held on Mainframes today is of several thousand magnitude of what it was in 1985. The general consensus is that the number of Mainframes has reduced, but as many have mentioned here, they have grown in power. I doubt if IBM know exactly how many Mainframes are left - just as an example, there were thousands of VSE sites with ESL licenses which are technically still valid, but many are no longer used. The reality is that there are still many sites left. I addressed a conference of IBM 'users' in 1985 with an opening slide which read, The Mainframe is Dead, Long Live The Mainframe (used by others too!). I suspect that this will be the same today as it will in the future, despite 'consultants' and ill-informed journalists telling us this is not so. One more personal note - I have created this comment twice, due to Sir Bill Gates' system crashing on my laptop. Say no more... Best regards Aled L Hughes -Original Message- From: Timothy Sipples timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Tue, Apr 27, 2010 10:11 am Subject: Re: 25 reasons why hardware is still hot at IBM Forget data centers -- Milwaukee's entire economy was a lot different 25 ears ago. Milwaukee has taken huge hits, particularly in the manufacturing ector. (Although there are some excellent survivors.) To pick another xample, there really aren't many locally headquartered banks any more. ost of those data centers were long ago consolidated elsewhere as Bank of merica, Chase, Wells Fargo, Citibank, etc. gobbled up smaller banks. Even hicago couldn't hang onto any substantial locally headquartered banks, and hat's the #3 most populous city in the U.S. Business servers -- including mainframes -- are capital investments. So are ata centers. If overall capital investment in things like factories and ffice buildings is (way) down in a particular area, it is entirely nsurprising to me that IT investments would reflect that same trend. To be clear, I am not happy about what's happened to many U.S. cities' conomies. I particularly miss the downtown department stores which closed n so many cities. Almost every city had one -- G. Fox in Hartford, to pick n example. G. Fox closed in early 1993 (after the Christmas, 1992, eason). What was left of G. Fox got folded into May Company's Filene's rand, then Filene's got folded into Macy's (as May and Federated merged). ut there's still no Macy's in downtown Hartford. - - - - - imothy Sipples esident Architect (Based in Singapore) TG Value Creation and Complex Deals Team BM Growth Markets -Mail: timothy.sipp...@us.ibm.com - or IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, end email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO earch the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html = -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Mainframe emulator part of a co nspir a cy â*Th e Regi ster
Hebrew, Steve... 'Wishing you a happy and Kosher Holiday' (A Passover greeting, which was actually last Monday). -Original Message- From: Steve Comstock st...@trainersfriend.com To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Thu, Apr 1, 2010 4:34 pm Subject: Re: Mainframe emulator part of a co nspir a cy â*Th e Register Paul Gilmartin wrote: On Wed, 31 Mar 2010 20:55:23 -0400, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) wrote: In 4bb09cce026d000a3...@novprvlin0050.provo.novell.com, on 03/29/2010 at 10:27 AM, Mark Post said: Now _that_ is just as easy as ISPF (sort of) when using vi. To move 5 lines: How about moving a large block of lines? With ISPF I can put MM on one end, find the other end, put MM on it and then put A or B where I want it moved. That's especially easy if I've previously defined labels on the relevant lines. vi: o Locate last line; mark it. o Locate first line; delete through mark. o Locate insertion point; p for put o Repeat last step as needed. p is always A(fter). But a touch of the up-arrow fixes that. Except at beginning of file. Ugly ugly ugly. It's all reflex for me; I don't know whether it's fewer or more keystrokes than ISPF prefix commands (which aren't reflex for me). As was said earlier, it's what one is accustomed to that counts Yup. Chag Kasher V'Same'ach, I think I understand the intent of the above, but what language is it? -- Kind regards, -Steve Comstock The Trainer's Friend, Inc. 303-393-8716 http://www.trainersfriend.com * z/OS application programmer training + Instructor-led on-site classroom based classes + Course materials licensing + Remote contact training + Roadshows + Course development -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: spam
Shane, been getting this c r a p for a couple of weeks now. They generally used to harvest Hotmail addresses. So they've now advanced to more sophisticated ways. As Steve The Trainer said, Delete works well. Personally, I find if I intersperse some Welsh into it, it works even better! Aled -Original Message- From: Shane ibm-m...@tpg.com.au To: IBM-MAIN@bama.ua.edu Sent: Tue, Jun 30, 2009 2:20 pm Subject: spam Anyone else get spam from ittrader ?. Just wondering if my address was harvested from here. Shane ... -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: OT: Surgery Delay
Yes, Mr. Moeyersons, it is off topic. But Ed is an old friend of this group, and while we may not always agree with him, his good health is of importance to us. So, please, show a little compassion to us oldies. -Original Message- From: Jan MOEYERSONS [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Mon, 3 Nov 2008 12:07 pm Subject: Re: OT: Surgery Delay It is off-topic, so please don't post. Jantje. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Data Center Theft
The British Government has just admitted that it has 'lost' information relating to 25 million people (about 41% of the population of the UK). _http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7103566.stm_ (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7103566.stm) I recall all those 'consultants' telling the Government all those years back that 'client-server' was the way forward, and to get rid of the mainframe. Wherefore art thou, IBM? ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: ADABAS vs. IMS vs. DB2 Who is faster?
Radoslaw You have been reading too many ill-informed Anton comments VSE is NOT dead by any means. Catch the WAVV! And if you think that TPF is dead, just check how many airlines use it every day. Ask Kees for his learned opinion! IMS - as others have commented, almost every time you use an ATM, you use IMS. New applications? Who cares! If it ain't broke, don't fix it. IMS will still be around after we've all abandoned MS Vista Aled ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Wells Fargo crash question
I seem to recall a similar incident in about 1998 when I was a customer of Wells Fargo in San Jose, CA. That was claimed to be 'the computer's down'. Long weekend without cash! ** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Not mainframe but the latest in the TJMax fisaco
Avivah Litan, vice president of research with Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc., has called the TJX breach the largest online burglary ever. If Gartner says it, it must be true then :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 12:38 PM Subject: Not mainframe but the latest in the TJMax fisaco Because of their lax security measures, they now face several lawsuits. http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/originalContent/0,289142,sid14_gci1252778,00.html?track=NL-102ad=584963USCAasrc=EM_NLN_1351918uid=1900046 -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: Not mainframe but the latest in the TJMax fisaco
Couldn't agree more Rick! In the good ole days - maybe 20 years back - when Gartner spoke, people listened. Unfortunately, their current 'experts' have probably never seen a mainframe, nor could they spell it. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Sent: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 3:13 PM Subject: Re: Not mainframe but the latest in the TJMax fisaco --snip Avivah Litan, vice president of research with Stamford, Conn.-based Gartner Inc., has called the TJX breach the largest online burglary ever. If Gartner says it, it must be true then :-) --unsnip Ignoring the sarcasm: that final statement goes a long way to explain why the mainframe is in serious trouble today. Not all, by any stretch of the imagination, but certainly a very significant contributor. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
