You should be able to stay employed there a long time...converting them to Hercules, MVS 3.8, Kicks and Rakf....
> -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of John McKown > Sent: Thursday, December 17, 2015 6:24 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [giggling] Does anybody use z390, other than as a hobbist? > > Why am I giggling? I had one of our programmer's ask me about z390, both > COBOL and CICS. We _are_ getting off of z/OS. But a "sticking point" (PITA) is > the COBOL and CICS code (somehow). We had planned on using Microfocus > for our needs. I have heard that management is now in "sticker shock" mode > and looking for "something else" which could be used but does not cost as > much. By "not cost as much", I really mean "costs less than a Starbucks > latte". > OK, I'm getting tacky again. > > > > -- > > Schrodinger's backup: The condition of any backup is unknown until a restore > is attempted. > > Yoda of Borg, we are. Futile, resistance is, yes. Assimilated, you will be. > > He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. > > 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to > [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
