Well, we tried to get a z9/BC in and seemingly had the numbers low enough but as trends go we're being outsourced at this point. I personally believe that it was unavoidable with the decision coming from our parent company. Most of us will probably be laid off and so I'm either done next week or towards the end of the year or maybe, probably not, *rebadged to the outsourcer*. Hopefully I'll catch on somewhere else.
I'd like to thank everyone for their help over the years and for those of you that I've personally dealt with a debt of gratitude for taking the time when I needed assistance. This group is awesome and I'll miss it. I can be reached at Patrick dot Falcone at verizon dot net for those of you that might need to contact me for any reason. Take care....... ----- Forwarded by Patrick Falcone/US/Combined on 05/08/2007 10:08 AM ----- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> 10/29/2004 11:45 AM Please respond to IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU> To IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU cc Subject Field of Dreams - IBM 2086 240 Well, we're looking at the above processor and (*gasp*) in speaking with some of the developers they had a yen for doing some Linux as well. I'm curious what kind of real storage backing is being used in support of Linux image(s). Also, I've hit the archives and viewed that most are running z/VM in support of Linux image(s). Is this an absolute requirement or does it just make sense to run z/VM for the flexibility of additional Linux images? The above would be a dream with 1 IFL for Linux, 2 general purpose and 1 zAAP to go along with the general purpose. I'm comfortable sizing save the Linux part and am looking for some guidance especially with the real storage backing in support of the Linux image(s). Also, are the processor speeds modified for the IFL or the zAAP? This may not pan out but I'm going for broke on this one. What's struck me recently is the *slight* lean from our non traditional development folks towards moving to the mainframe from the midrange/NT boxes. If we can't pull off at least some part of the above, 2 GP and 1 zAAP, it may well sound the death knell for us on the mainframe. Ya listening IBM and software vendors? I hope so! (Field of Dreams - taken from Troy's post a while back) TIA....... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
