z/OS revives again

2017-04-05 Thread John McKown
The company today told us that our outsourcing contract has been terminated. The main reason given is the drastic change in the business environment and needs. Basically, a lot of companies who jumped into the health market have abandoned it due to their failure to make money under the ACA. So, it

Re: z/OS revives again

2017-04-05 Thread Pew, Curtis G
On Apr 5, 2017, at 3:31 PM, John McKown wrote: > > The company today told us that our outsourcing contract has been > terminated. The main reason given is the drastic change in the business > environment and needs. Basically, a lot of companies who jumped into the > health market have abandoned i

Re: z/OS revives again

2017-04-05 Thread Charles Mills
Good to hear, John. Welcome "back." Charles -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2017 4:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: z/OS revives again The company today to

Re: z/OS revives again

2017-04-05 Thread Doug
mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2017 4:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: z/OS revives again The company today told us that our outsourcing contract has been terminated. The main reason given is the drastic change in the business environ

Re: z/OS revives again

2017-04-05 Thread Paul Gilmartin
On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 15:31:20 -0500, John McKown wrote: > >So, it looks like my job is secure for at least another 18 months. We will >be repatriating work back from the outsource to both our internal >distributed environment and z/OS. It is just a "reprieve" not a "pardon". >But 1.5 years will get m

Re: z/OS revives again

2017-04-05 Thread John McKown
On Apr 5, 2017 19:28, "Paul Gilmartin" < 000433f07816-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote: On Wed, 5 Apr 2017 15:31:20 -0500, John McKown wrote: > >So, it looks like my job is secure for at least another 18 months. We will >be repatriating work back from the outsource to both our internal >di

Re: z/OS revives again

2017-04-06 Thread Elardus Engelbrecht
John McKown wrote: >The company today told us that our outsourcing contract has been terminated. Excellent! I am very very glad for your part! Good luck! >The main reason given is the drastic change in the business environment and >needs. This is where z/OS coming in. It can handle differen

Re: z/OS revives again

2017-04-06 Thread John McKown
On Thu, Apr 6, 2017 at 2:25 AM, Elardus Engelbrecht < elardus.engelbre...@sita.co.za> wrote: > John McKown wrote: > > >The company today told us that our outsourcing contract has been > terminated. > > Excellent! I am very very glad for your part! Good luck! > > > >The main reason given is the dra

Re: z/OS revives again

2017-04-06 Thread Timothy Sipples
I'm reluctant to embark on a tangent here, but facts are important John McKown wrote: >ACA == "Affordable Care Act" aka "Obamacare". The law which basically >tries to socialize medicine like it is in Canada, the U.K.​, and Europe. The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act contains many p

Re: EXTERNAL: z/OS revives again

2017-04-05 Thread Jerry Whitteridge
ailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of John McKown Sent: Wednesday, April 5, 2017 1:31 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: EXTERNAL: z/OS revives again The company today told us that our outsourcing contract has been terminated. The main reason given is the drastic change in the business e