Re: The end of z/OS at this site.
--snip-- On 20 Feb 2007 13:44:04 -0800, Bo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today we shut down and boxed up the z/OS system. It's rolling out the door. Most of the operation got switched to either an AS/400 or VM/VSE platform. It was nice being here. I will lurk a while and then end my subscription. Everyone have a good life. I've probably got 2-3 years left before ours is gone. I won't be able to afford to retire quite yet though. ---unsnip-- Sorry to hear it, Bo; that, unfortunately, is how I lost my job as well. I wish you better luck than I had. I ended up taking my retirement, pulling my belt tight and making do. Thanks to friends, at least I can still keep my hand in, and maybe finish the RACF reporting tools I was developing at the time. Howard, I hope you're saving every last cent you can scrape out of the barrel; the job market is NOT GOOD -- 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: The end of z/OS at this site.
z/OS sysprog with 20 years - I am out of work also - downsized and outsourced (corporate officers caught in fraud), no reason to wonder why the new generation is avoiding IT. On 2/21/07, Rick Fochtman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --snip-- On 20 Feb 2007 13:44:04 -0800, Bo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today we shut down and boxed up the z/OS system. It's rolling out the door. Most of the operation got switched to either an AS/400 or VM/VSE platform. It was nice being here. I will lurk a while and then end my subscription. Everyone have a good life. I've probably got 2-3 years left before ours is gone. I won't be able to afford to retire quite yet though. ---unsnip-- Sorry to hear it, Bo; that, unfortunately, is how I lost my job as well. I wish you better luck than I had. I ended up taking my retirement, pulling my belt tight and making do. Thanks to friends, at least I can still keep my hand in, and maybe finish the RACF reporting tools I was developing at the time. Howard, I hope you're saving every last cent you can scrape out of the barrel; the job market is NOT GOOD -- 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: The end of z/OS at this site.
On 20 Feb 2007 13:44:04 -0800, Bo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Today we shut down and boxed up the z/OS system. It's rolling out the door. Most of the operation got switched to either an AS/400 or VM/VSE platform. It was nice being here. I will lurk a while and then end my subscription. Everyone have a good life. I've probably got 2-3 years left before ours is gone. I won't be able to afford to retire quite yet though. -- 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
