To be fair, he said it ~could~ require that many. It might have been more helpful to say that it requires a few sysprogs, a few operators for each shift, a few security admins (up to a dozen in a big shop), at least one security analyst, as many developers as you need (which could indeed be hundreds)...sure, it can add up. But really a small working shop ~requires~ only a dozen. Maybe that's pushing it.
--- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com, cell 336 382-7313 /* When you internalize an author whose vision or philosophy is both rich and out of fashion, you gain a certain immunity from the pressures of the contemporary....Great literature can help us remain fad-proof. -from "Reading Old Books" by Joseph Sobran, 1999 */ -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Lionel B. Dyck Sent: Monday, July 24, 2023 13:51 Wow - talk about scary - requires hundreds to thousands of support staff - something the author harps on several times. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf Of Schmitt, Michael Sent: Monday, July 24, 2023 11:43 AM Ars Technica published a deep-dive explainer of modern IBM mainframes: https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/07/the-ibm-mainframe-how-it-runs-and-why-it-survives/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
