I think a win-win ..in my eyes On Mon, Oct 7, 2019 at 3:00 PM Jesse 1 Robinson <jesse1.robin...@sce.com> wrote:
> I believe that it's a good thing for all of us even though I have no > direct connection to JES3. More than one sysprog I've encountered at SHARE > has related more or less this story: > > My management is irked at the time/trouble/expense of having to convert to > a new way of life just for IBM's convenience. They're asking why--if we > have to blow all this time/trouble/expense anyway--don't we go window > shopping for a whole new platform? That line of thinking is not good for > any of us on IBM-Main. > > -----Original Message----- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List <IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU> On Behalf > Of Steve Smith > Sent: Monday, October 7, 2019 11:23 AM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: (External):Re: Phoenix Software International Announces IBM(R) > JES3 Licensing Agreement > > Not being involved with JES3, I'm disinterested, but IBM has been > offloading development of various software products to other software > companies for some time. I wonder why they didn't just do that with JES3, > and keep the brand & continuity. Regardless, it does sound like a good > thing for Phoenix and JES3 customers. > > sas > > On Sun, Oct 6, 2019 at 11:15 PM Timothy Sipples <sipp...@sg.ibm.com> > wrote: > > > Ed Jaffe wrote: > > >It's not every day someone acquires a core z/OS component from IBM > > >(has that EVER happened?) so you can be sure we will treat it with > > >the respect it deserves. > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, > send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN > -- Scott Ford IDMWORKS z/OS Development ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
