Re: Disquieting comment in a Wall Street Journal article.

2019-07-03 Thread Tom Marchant
On Wed, 3 Jul 2019 07:52:06 -0700, Charles Mills wrote: >And the relevance of their politics to their knowledge of mainframes is? Zero. Some people seem to have a need to inject their politics into everything. Perhaps in the hope that it will sway people unfamiliar with logical fallacies. -- T

Re: Disquieting comment in a Wall Street Journal article.

2019-07-03 Thread Allan Staller
Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Charles Mills Sent: Wednesday, July 3, 2019 9:52 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Disquieting comment in a Wall Street Journal article. > a left-wing journal in the UK Really? They are firmly liberal in the European se

Re: Disquieting comment in a Wall Street Journal article.

2019-07-03 Thread Charles Mills
t is very relevant and correct, Irving should have chosen his words more carefully. Keep the flag flying for the mainframe! A L Hughes -Original Message- From: Clark F. Morris To: IBM-MAIN Sent: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 21:40 Subject: Disquieting comment in a Wall Street Journal article.

Re: Disquieting comment in a Wall Street Journal article.

2019-07-03 Thread Aled Hughes
ing should have chosen his words more carefully. Keep the flag flying for the mainframe! A L Hughes -Original Message- From: Clark F. Morris To: IBM-MAIN Sent: Tue, 2 Jul 2019 21:40 Subject: Disquieting comment in a Wall Street Journal article. An opinion piece by Irving Wlad

Re: Disquieting comment in a Wall Street Journal article.

2019-07-02 Thread Timothy Sipples
Irving Wladawsky-Berger quoted an article in The Economist, and The Economist wrote this: "Costs should tumble as branches are shut, creaking mainframe systems retired and bureaucracy culled." I don't think it's reasonable to assume that the author agrees with every nuance in what he's quoting fr

Re: Disquieting comment in a Wall Street Journal article.

2019-07-02 Thread Bill Johnson
Branches closing? Not according to the WSJ.  https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-bank-branch-is-dyingjust-not-at-these-banks-1529055000   Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Tuesday, July 2, 2019, 4:39 PM, Clark F. Morris wrote: An opinion piece by Irving Wladawsky-Berger, a contributor to the Wal

Disquieting comment in a Wall Street Journal article.

2019-07-02 Thread Clark F. Morris
An opinion piece by Irving Wladawsky-Berger, a contributor to the Wall Street Journal's CIO Journal has the following paragraph. "The shake-up of banking should be great for customers, according to the Economist. “The benefits of technological change are likely to be vast. Costs should tumble as b