Re: Z Education Needs

2008-04-16 Thread Clark Morris
I finally am getting around to commenting on this. On 23 Jan 2008 03:13:49 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: This is my $0.01... If I get an engineer out on a call for a Cartridge drive, I expect the following: 1. Well dressed, Easy to communicate my problem to. Neat, yes but well

Re: Z Education Needs

2008-04-16 Thread Rick Fochtman
-snip- Clark Morris wrote: I finally am getting around to commenting on this. On 23 Jan 2008 03:13:49 -0800, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: This is my $0.01... If I get an engineer out on a call for a Cartridge drive, I expect the

Re: Z Education Needs

2008-01-23 Thread Van Dalsen, Herbie
PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John H Kettner Sent: 22 Januarie 2008 06:59 nm To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Z Education Needs zFolks, What are specific concerns in the field for IBM mainframe education or knowledge requirements: 1. When a IBM z/OS (zLinux) or mainframe Sales Rep

Z Education Needs

2008-01-22 Thread John H Kettner
zFolks, What are specific concerns in the field for IBM mainframe education or knowledge requirements: 1. When a IBM z/OS (zLinux) or mainframe Sales Rep., IT Architect, FTSS (field technical support) or ITS (IT Specialist) comes to your site to: market, explain integration,

Re: Z Education Needs

2008-01-22 Thread Rich Smrcina
They need to realize that System z z/OS. John H Kettner wrote: zFolks, What are specific concerns in the field for IBM mainframe education or knowledge requirements: 1. When a IBM z/OS (zLinux) or mainframe Sales Rep., IT Architect, FTSS (field technical support) or ITS (IT

Re: Z Education Needs

2008-01-22 Thread Steve Comstock
John H Kettner wrote: zFolks, What are specific concerns in the field for IBM mainframe education or knowledge requirements: 1. When a IBM z/OS (zLinux) or mainframe Sales Rep., IT Architect, FTSS (field technical support) or ITS (IT Specialist) comes to your site to: market, explain

Re: Z Education Needs

2008-01-22 Thread Thomas Kern
They need to know and understand that not everyone runs just z/OS, DB2 and Websphere. Some of us (non-team-players) run z/VM and Linux and have real non-Websphere workloads on both z/VM and Linux. /Tom Kern On Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:59:19 -0500, John H Kettner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: zFolks,

Re: Z Education Needs

2008-01-22 Thread Anton Britz
Hi, 'Comes to the site ? a) They need to know : 1) What the customer is licensed for 2) Who the audience is 3) What their Claim to fame is 4) What to indentify the Customers needs 5) When to say I do not know, but i will get back to you b) They should not have to 1) Have the latest bells and