Re: Israel

were descended from ancestors who originated in the Levant.   - Before 1948, Palestine was home to a diverse population of Arabs, Jews, and Christians. Dave B. إسرائيل قتلت 40 ألف فلسطيني بريء On Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 11:05 PM, Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dma

Re: Israel

It’s far most complex that that. And goes back much further. Go back to at least 1948. One of the two envisaged States proclaimed its independence as Israel and in the 1948 war involving neighbouring Arab States expanded to 77 percent of the territory of mandate Palestine, including the larger p

Re: Israel

Lol, there is plenty of malice. This list consist of a bunch of mostly white, mostly males. Many of whom aren’t nearly as educated or intelligent as they want to portray. I can only imagine the types who post here. It’s truly a despicable place. Deplorables if you will. Let’s not pretend this bo

Re: Israel

Many times it’s not what you say, but what you don’t say. I don’t recall you telling the people in Ukraine, GAZA, or Lebanon to stay safe. I agree with Esmie.  Dave B. إسرائيل قتلت 40 ألف فلسطيني بريء On Wednesday, October 2, 2024, 9:10 AM, Lionel B. Dyck <057b0ee5a853-dmarc-requ...@li

Re: Congratulations IBM!

authorized by Reagan ? On Thu, Sep 12, 2024 at 1:27 PM Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > Congratulations to IBM & the excellent management team. IBM stock hits a new > high today! I guess the demise of the mainframe in 1993 was greatly

Congratulations IBM!

Congratulations to IBM & the excellent management team. IBM stock hits a new high today! I guess the demise of the mainframe in 1993 was greatly exaggerated. Dave B. إسرائيل قتلت 40 ألف فلسطيني بريء -- For IBM-MAIN subscr

Re: getting HOLDDATE report after apply

After I did an apply, I used to SE the sysout and create a dataset from the report. Keeping them for whatever time period you want. I would use descriptive names to indicate what they were. For example. USERID.SYSOUT.RSU1224.APPLY Dave B. إسرائيل قتلت 40 ألف فلسطيني بريء On Monday, August 1

Re: World’s largest computer outage!

An Ohio health insurance company. Poorly managed. Dave B. إسرائيل قتلت 40 ألف فلسطيني بريء On Saturday, July 20, 2024, 11:27 AM, Clement Clarke <05cb6e944c87-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: I actually spoke to Bill Gates way back around 1988 when he was in Melbourne Australia, and

Re: World’s largest computer outage!

In Tech Support we never had an issue with having admin rights to our PCs. Newbies in security/audit had the bright idea to change that. It made us less productive, and gained nothing in return. A coworker called it security theater.  Dave B. إسرائيل قتلت 40 ألف فلسطيني بريء On Friday, Jul

Re: World’s largest computer outing!

I agree with Leonard. About a year ago, an automatic windows update made my home PC unusable. I had to being it up in safe mode and fall back. Windows is a necessary evil but still evil. Luckily, I rarely use the PC anymore with the iPhone. Dave B. إسرائيل قتلت 40 ألف فلسطيني بريء On Frida

Re: World’s largest computer outing!

ns;.? Peter On 19/07/2024 15:37, Dave Beagle wrote: > Microsoft via a Crowdstrike security update is experiencing the largest > outage in world history. Long live time -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive acc

Re: World’s largest computer outing!

n one basket, *not under our control*, is this cloudy thingy really such a great idea?" -Original Message- > On 7/19/24 at 9:38 AM, Dave Beagle wrote: > >> Microsoft via a Crowdstrike security update is experiencing the largest >> outage in world hist

World’s largest computer outing!

Microsoft via a Crowdstrike security update is experiencing the largest outage in world history. Long live the mainframe. Dave B. إسرائيل قتلت 40 ألف فلسطيني بريء -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructi

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: [IBM-MAIN] Connect:Direct

Sterling owned NDM. (Network Data Mover) It was one of the 15 or so products I was responsible for from 2003-2017, it became Connect Direct in 93 & IBM acquired it in 2010. I talked with a number of Sterling people over those years. AFAIK, IBM still owns it but it might be supported by a third p

Re: another z/OSMF rant. -- Catch-22 is killing me

You can’t please everyone and it’s even harder to please older people. Which bodes poorly for this crowd. As for Bill being wrong, I’d like to see the list. IBM isn’t likely trying to please the over 60 crowd since they won’t be around much longer. Plus, software is never released flawless. Ther

Re: another z/OSMF rant. -- Catch-22 is killing me

This thread sounds like a bunch of old people (guys mostly) complaining about how great things were when we were young. IBM had to do something to make z/OS viable to corporate America and the fact that most of us will be retired or dead in a decade. The Chinese mention about where z/OSMF was de

Re: signature processing [was: Off topic discussions]

DB2 also. Dave B. إسرائيل قتلت 40 ألف فلسطيني بريء On Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 10:13 PM, Doug Fuerst wrote: Assembler has its own list. ISPF does, SA does, REXX does, I think there is a list for a focus on Linux 390. TCPIP too. As for me, I think discussing anything to do with a MF here

Re: Off topic discussions

http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2024 10:10 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LIST

Re: another z/OSMF rant. -- Catch-22 is killing me

Discussing a GUI is appropriate. Arguing about whether Python or REXX is better isn’t. As for signature BS, I wasn’t the initiator of it. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 11:44 AM, Doug Fuerst wrote: Here's the thing: A GUI discussion is relevant for this forum.

Re: another z/OSMF rant. -- Catch-22 is killing me

Exactly.  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 10:22 AM, Tom Longfellow <03e29b607131-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Discussions about z/OSMF (or GUIs in general)  can now join the list of topics like politics and religion.  Lots of yelling back and forth t

Re: Off topic discussions

Hi Darren, I posted pro Palestinian verbiage in my signature line, not anti Jewish. And only in response to Metz’s pro Israel signature line. If the rules are to mean something, they must apply to everyone equally. Dave B. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 9:52 AM,

Re: Alter z/OSMF Workflow Input?

r technical discussions, not, Mideast politics. Please get that through your dense skull. Regards, David On 2024-07-09 22:14, Dave Beagle wrote: > It has nothing to do with the destruction of Israel. And don’t hand me your > BS. Bernie Sanders agrees with me. I maxed out donating to B

Re: Alter z/OSMF Workflow Input?

It has nothing to do with the destruction of Israel. And don’t hand me your BS. Bernie Sanders agrees with me. I maxed out donating to Bernie in 2016 and received an autographed copy of his book Our Revolution. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 10:11 PM, Dave Beagle

Re: Alter z/OSMF Workflow Input?

made a mistake. According to Google Translate, it means "Freedom for Palestine". This expression usually means that Israel should be destroyed as well. You should be aware that this forum is not a platform for anti-Jewish statements. What is wrong with you? Regards, David On 2024-07-09 21

Re: Alter z/OSMF Workflow Input?

, Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Google it. And how come you haven’t asked about Metz’s political statement after his? Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 3:45 PM, rpinion865 <042a019916dd-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.e

Re: Alter z/OSMF Workflow Input?

the wabbit." Bugs Bunny Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Tuesday, July 9th, 2024 at 3:17 PM, David Spiegel <0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Hi Dave, > What does the Arabic after your name mean? > > Thanks and regards, > David >

Re: Alter z/OSMF Workflow Input?

Proving the old adage you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. Dave الحريةلفلسطين Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, July 9, 2024, 11:03 AM, Kurt Quackenbush wrote: > Upstream in the process, agreed to HLQ of NEWMCAT. > Downstream in the process, edited JCL not to use NEWMCAT. > Now at

Re: Beagle is Johnson (Was: LOL - AWS brags about 99.9% uptime!)

What’s hilarious is Crayfish calls Johnson an idiot and the moderator does nothing. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Saturday, June 29, 2024, 6:47 PM, Tony Harminc wrote: On Sat, 29 Jun 2024 at 18:28, Ed Jaffe < 05acc3c79bf7-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Methinks Beagle and

Re: LOL - AWS brags about 99.9% uptime!

This is interesting. Somebody hates America.  http://www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive2.cgi?noframes;read=71293 Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Saturday, June 29, 2024, 10:58 AM, Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Yeah, glad he’s gone! Sen

Re: LOL - AWS brags about 99.9% uptime!

Yeah, glad he’s gone! Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Saturday, June 29, 2024, 1:29 AM, David Crayford <0595a051454b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Johnson was a clueless idiot. Thank god he’s gone. The nines are marketing bollocks. It doesn’t matter how robust single system av

Re: Exits (was RMDS error DBNV016)

I love when the experts show up. It’s why I always ignored most posters while waiting for Relson, Quackenbush, Roger Miller, (db2) Mark Thomen (DASD Rest in peace) & others. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Thursday, June 27, 2024, 9:30 PM, Peter Relson wrote: Mike Schwab wrote Most exit

Re: LOL - AWS brags about 99.9% uptime!

Johnson mentioned 5 9’s and 7 9’s a year ago and many of you made fun of him while also insinuating IBM wasn’t truthful. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 8:52 AM, Allan Staller <0632b4c7ca99-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Classification: Confidential 3

Re: Cyberark for zOS

>From the web. CyberArk can connect to a mainframe through the web portal or through Privileged Session Manager for Windows (PSM): - Web portal To connect through the web portal, you can:  - Go to the Accounts Details page of the machine account you want to use to log in 

Re: Cyberark for zOS

Replacing mainframe security with a non mainframe security system doesn’t seem smart to me. We hated it at a former employer and often had to use our RACF userids to perform our jobs. I don’t see any benefit to using Cyberark. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Thursday, June 20, 2024, 10:34

Re: DB2 V12 RSU2403

gt;- The SMPWRKx Allocations could benefit from half-track blocking (i.e. >BLKSIZE=27920). >- Instead of PTFS and EXCLUDE, why not SELECT the 134 PTFs? > >Regards, >David > >On 2024-06-14 18:30, Dave Beagle wrote: >> Depends on the holds. DOC holds are easily bypassed. O

Re: DB2 V12 RSU2403

Smeagol, I don’t know who that Jonson character is. Narcissistic behavior like you exhibit isn’t good. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, June 16, 2024, 1:01 PM, David Spiegel <0468385049d1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Hi Bill Johnson aka Dave Beagle, You still

Re: DB2 V12 RSU2403

my surname properly? Regards, David On 2024-06-16 01:24, Dave Beagle wrote: > Speagle never heard of DDDEFS? Where space allocations can be made? Plus, > running out of space isn’t that big a deal. An easy fix for even rookie SPs. > What are May times? > > > Sent from Yahoo Ma

Re: DB2 V12 RSU2403

; > > > Hi Dave, > > > - RETRY(YES) and JCLINREPORT are defaults. There is no need to code them. > > > - The SYSUTx ALLOCATIONS might be too small > > > - The SMPWRKx Allocations could benefit from half-track blocking (i.e. > > > BLKSIZE=27920). > > > -

Re: DB2 V12 RSU2403

d benefit from half-track blocking (i.e. >BLKSIZE=27920). >- Instead of PTFS and EXCLUDE, why not SELECT the 134 PTFs? > >Regards, >David > >On 2024-06-14 18:30, Dave Beagle wrote: >> Depends on the holds. DOC holds are easily bypassed. Others not entirely >> bypass-

Re: DB2 V12 RSU2403

On Jun 14, 2024, at 17:41, Steely.Mark wrote: > > I usually just specify BYPASS(HOLDSYS)  - this why you don’t have to specify > every HOLDSYS provided. > Make sure you read what the HOLD action is. > > Thanks > > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe D

Re: DB2 V12 RSU2403

Depends on the holds. DOC holds are easily bypassed. Others not entirely bypass-able.(although most are) Some of them you might have to perform a bind to finish the installation. Here is a sample. //WJJCAPCK JOB (3200,TBL1),'APCK DB2 MAINT',CLASS=8,MSGCLASS=Q,  // NOTIFY=&SYSUID,REGION=6

Re: AI

edu> wrote: Just like Tesla is the most valuable automobile manufacturer despite the very low volume of autos manufactured. On Wed, Jun 5, 2024 at 3:10 PM Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > NVIDIA just passed 3 trillion in market cap. Based upon

Re: AI

. Microsoft is laying off workers in their cloud division. Beagle  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, May 22, 2024, 8:53 PM, Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Well, NVIDEA reported earnings tonight and the growth was off the charts. Growth

AI

Well, NVIDEA reported earnings tonight and the growth was off the charts. Growth never seen before. And no evidence of slowing down. Actually accelerating. So much for the deniers. Nvidia shows no signs of AI slowdown after over 400% jump in data center revenue https://www.cnbc.com/2024/05/22/nv

Re: Happy Birthday (yes, it is on topic)

Many of them are here. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, April 7, 2024, 7:48 PM, Bobbie Jo Justice <0585bc6a5029-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: I'm happy I didn't listen to the people that said it was going away in 1995 ---

Re: security and privacy for the 21st century

On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 8:26 PM Dave Beagle < 0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Kids in America are too busy playing video games to learn Math which > requires effort. I have numerous awards for Algebra and Geometry from tests > in Ohio in the early 70’s. Plu

Re: security and privacy for the 21st century

sman -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Dave Beagle Sent: Friday, March 22, 2024 8:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: security and privacy for the 21st century Kids in America are too busy playing video games to learn Math which requ

Re: security and privacy for the 21st century

Kids in America are too busy playing video games to learn Math which requires effort. I have numerous awards for Algebra and Geometry from tests in Ohio in the early 70’s. Plus a Math and Computer Science degree in the late 70’s. It has served me well. Just 7 percent of U.S. students scored at

Re: Learning one's tools

Nothing I’ve stated is untrue. The jealousy from likely non college graduates is obvious. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, March 18, 2024, 11:16 AM, David Crayford <0595a051454b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > On 18 Mar 2024, at 22:33, Dave Beagle > <0

Re: Learning one's tools

LOL, I was a programmer for almost half my 40+ year career. IMS/COBOL DB/DC at first. Later mostly COBOL CICS and COBOL DB2. So I’m excellent in COBOL. In college, I programmed in PL/I, fortran, watfiv, pascal, and some others. Logic is my forte. Math major helps. (Double major Comp Sci) As for

Re: Learning one's tools

Just like any profession, 20% of the IT professionals are highly qualified. The rest have achieved by luck, nepotism, favoritism, or connections. Of all the managers I’ve had, the best ones don’t micromanage because they were confident in their ability to hire qualified people. I’ve worked on co

Re: ZOS Sending Logs to Sumologic Experience?

Here’s the problem. When you “secure” the mainframe with LESS SECURE platforms, you actually open yourself up to hacks. Splunk has been hacked quite frequently.  https://www.securityweek.com/high-severity-vulnerability-patched-in-splunk-enterprise/amp/ Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Th

Re: ZOS Sending Logs to Sumologic Experience?

they're only secondary >features at best. >There's a reason time-series databases exist, and are necessary. > > > >On Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 at 20:48, Dave Beagle ><0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > >> We used Splunk at a

Re: ZOS Sending Logs to Sumologic Experience?

We used Splunk at a former employer. Well, not really used it. An auditor “suggested” we implement it to “improve” our mainframe security. The auditor knew nothing about mainframe security. Likely read about Splunk somewhere or saw a session on it at a conference. And of course the topic of “sec

Re: SDWAEC1

fate as Bill > Johnson. > ...wrote Bill Johnson in his "Dave Beagle" disguise. Your not fooling anyone Bill. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.ed

Re: SDWAEC1

Don’t challenge the list gods. Or risk meeting the same fate as Bill Johnson. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, February 27, 2024, 6:30 PM, Joseph Reichman <05812645a43c-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: I work for the IRS All the current production tax code

Re: [EXTERNAL] Question

Must have been before me. As of 2017 when I started at Microfocus, we ran the Serena system on a box in Provo Utah. I think they still do. We had approximately 15 LPARS. None were what I’d call production.  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, February 23, 2024, 2:59 PM, Steve Thompson

Re: Serina

ng any attachments) in its entirety. Thank you -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Dave Beagle Sent: Friday, February 23, 2024 12:11 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Question Rocket is owned by Bain C

Re: Opentext changeman - was: Question

I worked at Microfocus from 2017-2022 mostly as the SP for the Serena MF.  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, February 23, 2024, 1:01 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: Thanks, the articled I read didn't specifically say Serena" but mentioned MicroFocus so it was implied.  Agreed, had I noti

Re: [EXTERNAL] Question

history section of this link tells the story. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serena_Software It’s a shame because there are some really good people there and the software is excellent. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, February 23, 2024, 12:55 PM, Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dm

Re: [EXTERNAL] Question

ed in knowing more about that. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Dave Beagle Sent: Friday, February 23, 2024 10:44 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [EXTERNAL] Question Is that portion of Serena/microfocus/opentext being bought by Rocket? I

Re: [EXTERNAL] Question

Is that portion of Serena/microfocus/opentext being bought by Rocket? I think so. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, February 23, 2024, 11:32 AM, Pommier, Rex wrote: We use it for change control.  We use it for Cobol, assembler, DYLs, JCL CICS maps etc.  Opentext got it when they a

Re: [Very much off-topic] Re: AI is the real deal.

Picking on Krugman is typical of the right. But, that’s not exactly what he said. Here’s the context. https://www.businessinsider.com/paul-krugman-responds-to-internet-quote-2013-12?amp Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Thursday, February 22, 2024, 5:12 PM, Bob Bridges <0587168ababf-

Re: [Very much off-topic] Re: AI is the real deal.

mpiled language. I’ve grown up with software, having written my first program in 1960. Assembler won’t be gone in five years or anytime can the foreseeable future. So I would revisit your thoughts. Tom Harper Phoenix Software International Sent from my iPhone > On Feb 22, 2024, at 11:07

Re: [Very much off-topic] Re: AI is the real deal.

, Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Assembler programming will be almost nonexistent in 5 years. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Thursday, February 22, 2024, 10:32 AM, Robert Prins <05be6ef5bfea-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: AI? More

Re: [Very much off-topic] Re: AI is the real deal.

ue them for jaw-dislocation due to excessive laughter: < https://www.linkedin.com/advice/0/how-can-developers-take-ownership-bugs-skills-system-development-x9cve > On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 at 23:37, Dave Beagle < 0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > Well, today was

AI is the real deal.

Well, today was NVIDIA earnings day. They are the bellwether for AI. Theirs is the premier AI chip commanding top dollar. And they didn’t disappoint. Their revenues are up 400% in the last year. To 22 billion in the latest quarter. They’ve got another chip on tap this year which should continue

Re: Insecure security -- When broken how far it may reach.....

I’ve had around a dozen credit cards compromised in the last 20 years. A minor inconvenience mostly. Just contact the company and they close the current account and open a new one for you. You’re not on the hook for anything. I’ve had email accounts stolen via a number of hacks. Target, PayPal,

Re: IBM Reopens Its Frozen Pension Plan, Saving the Company Millions

e Mr Z, don’t feed them! > On 14 Feb 2024, at 9:18 am, zMan > <059081901144-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > > But that's not what you said. Make up your mind, Bill! > > On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 8:17 PM Dave Beagle < > 0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@

Re: IBM Reopens Its Frozen Pension Plan, Saving the Company Millions

's not what you said. Make up your mind, Bill! On Tue, Feb 13, 2024 at 8:17 PM Dave Beagle < 0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: > My point is quit relying on your employer to fund your retirement. I > worked at Packard Electric decades ago. Most of the white c

Re: IBM Reopens Its Frozen Pension Plan, Saving the Company Millions

My point is quit relying on your employer to fund your retirement. I worked at Packard Electric decades ago. Most of the white collar folks there had their pensions transferred to the PBGC about 15-20 years ago. Which cut their benefits to some tiny fraction of what they were promised. They’ve b

Re: Banks migrate from mainframes to AI-driven cloud

The same people who own Lz Labs owned Neon of Austin Texas. IBM successfully sued them as well.  Assuming the lawsuit is going well is foolish. IT companies sue each other all the time. LzLabs is owned and run by some of the same individuals who previously owned and ran Neon Enterprise Software,

Re: IBM Reopens Its Frozen Pension Plan, Saving the Company Millions

Pension plans have been going away for decades. 401k’s have been replacing them except in public jobs and some union jobs. That’s how capitalism works. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, February 13, 2024, 1:38 PM, zMan <059081901144-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: "The co

Re: Banks migrate from mainframes to AI-driven cloud tech

One of the big drawbacks to non mainframe clouds is the ease with which they are hacked. AWS & Azure are hacked pretty frequently.   https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-cloud-hack-exposed-more-than-exchange-outlook-emails/ https://cybernews.com/security/amazon-cloud-loses-silver-lining/ S

Re: Banks migrate from mainframes to AI-driven cloud tech

Confirmation bias.  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, February 11, 2024, 11:14 AM, Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: LOL, new customers were confirmed about a year ago on this very forum. Perhaps your memory is fading? The mainframe is still

Re: Banks migrate from mainframes to AI-driven cloud tech

LOL, new customers were confirmed about a year ago on this very forum. Perhaps your memory is fading? The mainframe is still by far the most secure, which is why companies needing the best security still use it. Also, it can process a trillion web transactions per day and that was in 2019. A hug

Re: Banks migrate from mainframes to AI-driven cloud tech

Large amounts of data, including AI, will require processing power (and security) unlike anything DP has seen. Perfect for the mainframe. And, there ARE new mainframe shops.  Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, February 9, 2024, 7:11 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: roscoe5 asked: >how do

Re: Banks migrate from mainframes to AI-driven cloud tech

Increasing. More transactions on the mainframe this year than last, more next year than this year. Continuing for decades. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, February 9, 2024, 12:46 PM, roscoe5 <056b62686b81-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: That would improve my retirement d

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Banks migrate from mainframes to AI-driven cloud tech

As IBM stock hits new highs. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, February 9, 2024, 1:40 PM, Pommier, Rex wrote: Or more likely it'll hallucinate you on the wrong side of the fence (I mean, you're a mainframer after all, and that's bad...) and your bank-account-in-the-cloud funds wil

Re: Another Getting away from the mainframe tale -- Jammed it in Reverse...

IBM beat on top and bottom line. Stock is flying. Up $10 a share after hours. Dying my a$$ Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, January 19, 2024, 4:01 PM, Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: No wonder IBM stock is hitting another new high today.

Re: Another Getting away from the mainframe tale -- Jammed it in Reverse...

No wonder IBM stock is hitting another new high today. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Friday, January 19, 2024, 3:44 PM, Steve Thompson wrote: They migrated to that mainframe environment as quickly as they could. A reverse Boot Hill story. Steve Thompson --

Re: Assembler programmer wanted

Another reason IT should have unionized decades ago. My wife, as a public sector worker, had better benefits than I had. Because of the Teamsters. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Wednesday, December 20, 2023, 2:43 PM, Phil Smith III wrote: Dean Kent wrote: >In that case, I think that Ca

Re: Assembler programmer wanted

ou a quid pro quo? I don't think so. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz http://mason.gmu.edu/~smetz3 עַם יִשְׂרָאֵל חַי נֵ֣צַח יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לֹ֥א יְשַׁקֵּ֖ר From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Dave Beagle <0525eaef6620-dmarc-requ...@listserv.

Re: Assembler programmer wanted

I worked for a company going through bankruptcy. Alvarez & Marsal were brought in to run the bankruptcy process. First thing they wanted was for all of us to sign a non disclosure agreement. The penalty was harsh. They could literally sue you and take your assets. I refused to sign. Approximatel

IBM

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Re: Assembler programmer wanted

Agree. 95% of what the “entertainment” industry creates is pure crap. To call it “intellectual” property is laughable.  Television is mostly reality junk that cost little to produce since there are no actors to pay. Movies are pathetic mostly. Poorly written repetitive brain dead nonsense. Fast

Re: CBS's "60 Minutes": Quantum Computing

I think this provides a cursory idea of the benefits & uses of quantum computing.  https://www.techtarget.com/searchdatacenter/tip/Explore-future-potential-quantum-computing-uses Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, December 5, 2023, 6:42 PM, Jousma, David <01a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ

Re: Assembler programmer wanted

Funny how the industry's most associated with “intellectual property” and residuals are some of the least intellectual. IT workers should have unionized 50 years ago and could have gotten a “piece of a very large pie”. Deservedly so. It would have included engineers, computer scientists, mathema

Re: Assembler programmer wanted

ed, and still obeys.  -advice to a tempter, from The Screwtape Letters by C S Lewis */ -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Dave Beagle Sent: Sunday, December 3, 2023 14:17 I always thought this was something a union for IT workers would ask for in a

Re: Assembler programmer wanted

I always thought this was something a union for IT workers would ask for in a contract. Why should actors get residuals every time a show runs and not the programmers every time their program runs? Written programs are every bit intellectual property as a TV program. Sent from Yahoo Mail for i

Re: 60 US credit unions offline after cloud ransomware infection • The Register

All of these ransom attacks are against non mainframe systems that are modern, code for cheaper. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, December 3, 2023, 12:28 PM, Nash, Jonathan S. <01abdcef2f3c-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Is it possible that this processing used to be don

Re: Israel

Have the rules been suspended? Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, October 9, 2023, 4:55 PM, esmie moo <012780d99c7b-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: Enough please about politics.  This is a technical information board.  Daren please pull the plug on this thread.       On S

Re: Israel

Pretty sure Shmuel lives in the US. Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Sunday, October 8, 2023, 1:27 PM, August Carideo wrote: Is Seymour Metz there also ? Get Outlook for iOS From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Steve

Re: Bill Johnson

Public Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Monday, September 18, 2023, 3:57 PM, Dean Kent wrote: Question - since the list is run out of a University - is it publicly funded or privately? On 9/18/2023 12:24 PM, Darren Evans-Young wrote: > I have removed Bill Johnson from the IBM-MAIN list an