Matt Hogstrom m...@hogstrom.org +1-919-656-0564 PGP Key: 0x90ECB270 “You can’t put too much water in a nuclear reactor"
> On Feb 28, 2019, at 7:22 AM, John McKown <john.archie.mck...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 27, 2019 at 2:43 PM Knutson, Samuel < > samuel.knut...@compuware.com> wrote: > >> Do you the think the z/OS overall ecosystem and the platform is made >> stronger or weaker by getting to one JES? >> > > Yes. > Overall change can be hard, but, moving to one has benefits of focused development and delivery perhaps at the unfortunate cost of some function. Life is a set of tradeoffs. > >> >> I think that for a core part of the mainframe platform rationalizing to a >> single standard configuration of the OS from two options makes it more >> sustainable. Vendors and IBM can avoid duplicate investments and customers >> can better rely on pervasive support by software and an increase in the >> available supply of skills to operate their systems. In my opinion IBM >> should have made this definitive choice sooner this amounts to acceptance >> of prevailing trends. >> > > I like what I've read about the addition of JES3 type facilities into JES2. > Of course, at this place, I'll likely never see them. But, then, we have > been acquired by United Healthcare One, so I don't know what the future > will bring. Well, death is guaranteed, but before that is a bit iffy. (or > is that too morbid for this early in the morning?) > Spot on … just truth :) > > >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Sam Knutson | VP, Product Management | Compuware >> @samknutson | linkedin.com/in/samknutson >> samuel.knut...@compuware.com | M: +1 301 996-1318 >> > > -- > I just burned 2000 calories! > That's the last time I'll nap with brownies in the oven. > > Maranatha! <>< > John McKown > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
