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> On Mar 21, 2025, at 19:40, Jousma, David 
> <000001a0403c5dc1-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu> wrote:
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> Agreed 100%
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> Seymour J Metz <sme...@gmu.edu>
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 5:43:53 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
> Subject: Re: Fededral Project
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> Yes, they want to replace 30-year old technology with - wait for it - 30 year 
> old technology. Basicaly everything on the market is an improved version of 
> something several decades old. If z is legacy then so are wintel and Linux.
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> --
> Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz
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> ________________________________________
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List on behalf of Jousma, David
> Sent: Friday, March 21, 2025 2:18 PM
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> Subject: Re: Fededral Project
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> External Message: Use Caution
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> Arent you at the IRS right now?  IRS is in the news with DOGE hot after them 
> for their 30-year old technology…..aka mainfames.
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> Dave Jousma
> Vice President | Director, Technology Engineering
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> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> on behalf of 
> Steve Beaver <0000050e0c375a14-dmarc-requ...@listserv.ua.edu>
> Date: Friday, March 21, 2025 at 2:13 PM
> To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU>
> Subject: Fededral Project
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> On the Federal Project I'm on they just terminated two(2) non-technical PM's
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> I think combined they were making about $110/hr
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