Thanks, Bill! I was sad to see another useful tradition end. I can now leave
with a slightly better feeling
Jim Tison
z/TPF (CAS) Support Tech Team Lead
American Express Service Delivery
From: Linux on 390 Port on behalf of Bill Bitner
Sent: Friday,
I do my best to stay out of the rumor business. Chris Konarski just tweeted
that is is a misunderstanding.
https://twitter.com/ChrisKonarski/status/1454110707096637442
Chris is the IBM VP WW Technical Sales and Lab Services.
Have a nice weekend everyone.
Regards,
Bill
"Not speaking for IBM as
On Fri, 29 Oct 2021 at 10:04, Jim Tison wrote:
>
> Doesn't it figure? On the eve of splitting off its entire service delivery
> organization (that which is still -- until 1 November -- known as GTS) into
> this Kyndryl thing, they forgot that they threw many (most?) of their usual
> Redbook
I too have been a long time redbook user and can't imagine what the
internal politics were to kill one of the best resources users had...
Although I have always wondered why BigBlue called them RedBooks instead of
BlueBooks.
On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 9:07 AM Henry Schaffer wrote:
> On Fri, Oct
On Fri, Oct 29, 2021 at 8:39 AM Dave Jones wrote:
> If true, that would be one of the stupidest things IBM has ever done,
>
Hmmm - this could be the start of a new thread. :-)
--henry
P.S. Some may remember the years pre-Gerstner.
imho.
> DJ
>
> ---
> BEST REGARDS
>
> DAVE JONES
>
Doesn't it figure? On the eve of splitting off its entire service delivery
organization (that which is still -- until 1 November -- known as GTS) into
this Kyndryl thing, they forgot that they threw many (most?) of their usual
Redbook authors (myself included) under the bus -- we are no longer
If true, that would be one of the stupidest things IBM has ever done,
imho.
DJ
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BEST REGARDS
DAVE JONES
Managing Director for zSystems Support, zLinux, and Cloud
++1 281.578.7544 (Cell)
Web: www.itconline.com
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On 10.28.2021 7:02 PM,
Unfortunately I can confirm that it's true. So many techies rely on these
Redbooks that are far more in depth and informative than any standard IBM
manual has ever been!
Send a complaint to your nearest IBM Rep!
Terry Madge
Senior Technical Consultant
TES Enterprise Solutions
-Original
