Re: mainframe career advice

<docdwarf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:dhcqo5$fbr$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> In article <11jjjhv3mtulq26@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> HeyBub <heybubNOSPAM@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>Mirlitone wrote:
>>> I confess i know nothing about mainframes.
>>>
>>> I shouldn't have said "dying", let me say that again :
>>> "by working with these rather old and innatractive technologies"
>>
>>I understand. You can't put flames on a 80x24 monitor.
>
> In a system evaluation, years ago, I wrote 'Anyone who states 'you can do
> anything on a mainframe that you can do on a PC' has not pondered why it
> is that one never sees a flying-toaster screen-saver on a 3278 terminal;
> each architecture has functions that would be inappropriate to attempt to
> implement on the other.'

That's not architecture, that's just based on the usage.
'You can do anything in a bungalow exactly as you can in a house' - doesn't
mean I ponder why I've never seen one with an stair lift.
I do recall someone taking a partition on a mainframe installing Linux, and
then a dos emulator in order to play an ancient version of pong once...but I
doubt anyone would have admitted to that somewhere where google could find
it.

>>And a paycheck is so, so YESTERDAY!
> Even for those who make use of direct deposit?
>
> DD
I would say especially for those who make use of DD....

J.


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