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- From: liam@durie.amigans.gen.nz (Liam Greenwood)
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- Subject: Re: net.views - mainframe programmers in an open systems world
- Message-ID: <liam.0914@durie.amigans.gen.nz>
- Date: 6 Nov 92 23:27:48 GMT+12
- References: <1992Nov4.173107.21919@tandem.com>
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- Don Nelson (nelson_don@comm.tandem.com) wrote:
- > In article <1992Nov03.145701.22033@utoday.com> Mitch Wagner,
- > wagner@utoday.com writes:
- > >
- > > Is it possible to put the skills of mainframe programmers
- > > to use in open environments? If so, how?
- > >
- > >
- > I'm having a little trouble understanding the question. Perhaps you
- > could explain in 25 words or less why mainframe programmers differ from
- > programmers in "the open world" (which is definitely not as open as some
- > people think). Most mainframe programmers work on business applications
- > and although "the open world" eschewed such mundane stuff until
- True. We have both COBOL and C application interfaces in the
- transaction processing environment (Tip), the development environment, and
- the batch environment. I have FTAM, X.400 (1988), X.25 (1988), plus the
- OSI transport stack. I can also run TCP/IP, SNA (both terminals and LU6.2).
- I can be an X.29 host, a SNA host, an X.25 DCE network. This is in addition
- to the proprietry networking and inter-host communication products.
- Oh, and I can run a Unix environment if needed.
- Is this an "open environment" by your definition?
- --
- Liam Greenwood ------ liam@durie.amigans.gen.nz ------ Wanganui, N.Z.
- Don't tell my Mother I'm a programmer,
- she thinks I'm a piano player in a brothel
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