Re: SHARE meeting

2007-07-03 Thread Patrick O'Keefe
On Tue, 3 Jul 2007 17:18:47 EDT, Ed Finnell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... No the PFCSKs objected to the presence of 'the Sign'. Sam Knutson kindly packaged it and sent it to Darren. These days you must wear a pocket protector and flash the secret sign with the decoder ring. ... I suppose it

Re: Career Advice Sought [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2007-07-03 Thread Ed Gould
On Jul 3, 2007, at 7:24 PM, Eric Bielefeld wrote: Jim, Thanks for the kind words. I do have problems with negative thinking, although I think in the last couple of interviews I came across pretty positively. I know in one interview, the hiring manager said that no one she had

Re: Career Advice Sought [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2007-07-03 Thread Fenner, Jim
Hello Eric, I think you'll find DB2 v9 is available for developers to use on their home PCs for free under a recent licence change, presumably to complete with free Microsoft SQLServer 2005 Express Edition. It wouldn't hurt to have both on your home computer. Craig S Mullins DB2

Re: IBM withdraws Z890 ?!?!?!

2007-07-03 Thread Timothy Sipples
Timothy Sipples says: Some people beat up IBM for *not* withdrawing older models soon enough, Tom Marchant remarks: Really? I can't say that I've ever heard that before. Bob Richards responds: Think bleeding-edge large shops, which is where I have worked a fair amount of my career. I certainly

Re: IBM withdraws Z890 ?!?!?!

2007-07-03 Thread Timothy Sipples
John McKown observes: Or you wanted a cheap z890 to be dedicated to running Linux only with no z/VM, just LPARs. There are 100% free (as in beer) versions of Linux which will run on the z890. Then hardware costs are the only costs. Of course, such software is not supported, but that may be OK to

Re: Career Advice Sought [SEC=UNOFFICIAL]

2007-07-03 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Eric, You are not limited. No body knows all. When you are asked about CICS or any think else, always say: I am a qualified system programmer. I don't have to know everything in detail, as it all written in the manual. I have the ability to identify the problem in almost any area and RTFM. This

Re: Software only VTS?

2007-07-03 Thread Itschak Mugzach
Afaik Control-T has the ability to stack files on tapes in order to optimize/utilize tape space. You probably do not want to mount tape all day to copy files from one tape to another and do only one write on the proper tape. You should use a tape library product like CTT, but I am sure this is

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